I am a Hank Williams Jr. fan -- not of all of his music but a lot of it. One of the songs he sings that I really like is "Mind Your Own Business." Do you know anyone who needs to hear that message? It goes like this:

"If the wife and I are fussn', brother that's our right

'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight

Why don't you mind your own business

'Cause if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.

Oh, the woman on our party line's the nosiest thing

She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring

Why don't you mind your own business

Well, if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.

I got a little gal that wears her hair up high,

The boys all whistle when she walks by.

Why don't you mind your own business

Well, if you mind your own business, you sure won't be minding mine.

If I want to honky tonk around 'til two or three

Now, brother that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me.

Just mind your own business

If you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.

Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-toned

I got all that I can do just to mind my own

Why don't you mind your own business

If you mind your own business, you'll stay busy all the time."

Some will have no idea what a "party line" is. There does seem to be those people, however, who still manage to pick up on everyone else's business!

I think, as the song says, each person should have enough of his own business to mind that he doesn't need to be tending that of someone else.

So, here's to you who think it is your duty to mind another's business: Mind your own business!

Jack Rollins is the managing editor of the Daily Dunklin Democrat.