I was ten years old on my grandpa's farm when it happened
After all these years I can still hear grandpa laughin'
As he applied that barnyard remedy
He passed his wisdom down to me
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

I remember my first crush was on the preacher's daughter
We were smoochin' on the front porch swing that night when he caught her
We weren't expectin' him home until quarter past ten
When the good lord taught me that lesson again
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

You don't point your pistol before you check each chamber
And you don't drink no you don't drink when you drive
It's just ordinary common sense to avoid that danger
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

She rolled into town with rodeo,she was a beauty
And that cowboy saw you wink at her,she was a cutie
The sound of jinglin' spurs caught me dead on a run
He was fit to be tied and you were under the gun
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

Chorus.
No,you don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
You're gonna get stung boy

• 1982
• An Old Pair of Shoes
• Before You Kill Us All
• Better Class of Loser
• Diggin' up Bones
• Easy to Love You
• Forever & Ever Amen
• Gonna Walk That Line
• Good Intentions
• Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
• He Walked on Water
• Heroes & Friends
• Honky Tonk Side of Town
• Honky-tonk Moon
• I Told You So
• I Won't Need You Anymore
• I'd Do It All Again With You
• If I Didn't Have You
• It's Just a Matter of Time
• Look Heart, No Hands
• Out of My Bones
• Point of Light
• Reasons I Cheat
• Send My Body Home on a Freight Train
• Smokin' The Hive
• Somewhere in My Broken Heart
• The Box
• The Hole
• The Storms of Life
• The Truth is Lyin' Next to You
• Too Gone, Too Long
• Walk Your Own Road
• Whisper My Name