The Devil's Right Hand

[Verse 1]

About the time my daddy left to fight the big war

I saw my first pistol in the general store

The general store, when I was thirteen

Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

I asked if I could have one some day when I grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

She really blew up and I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Verse 2]

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoots like lighting but it loads a-might slow

Loads a-might slow and soon I found out

It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out

[Waylon Jennings]

So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45

Called a "peacemaker," but I never knew why

I never knew why, I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]

I got into a card game in a Cumberland town

Caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down

[Willie Nelson]

Shot the dog down, watched the man fall

Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw

[Kris Kristofferson]

The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed

Asked me how I pleaded, "Not guilty" I said

"Not guilty" I said, "you've got the wrong man"

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

[Chorus]

The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Outro]

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand