The Devil's Right Hand

'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war

I saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store, I was thirteen

Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

Had some black-eyed heaven, soon the window grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

She really blew up, I didn't understand

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

Y'all, my first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightning, but she loaded mighty slow

She loaded mighty slow, soon I found out

She could get you into trouble, but she can't get you out

Then I went and got myself a Colt.45

Called it a peacemaker, but I never knew why

Well, I never knew why, I didn't understand

My mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

I got into a car game in a company town

I caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down

I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall

Never touched his horse, he never had a chance to crawl

My trial was in the morning and the judge made out of bed

Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said

Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man

Nothing touches a trigger but the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Nothing touches a trigger but the devil's right hand

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand