About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
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I saw my first pistol in the general store
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In the general store, when I was thirteen
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Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
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So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
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She really blew up and I didn't understand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
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Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
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Loads a mite slow and soon I found out
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It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
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So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45
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Called a peacemaker but I never knew why
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Never knew why, I didn't understand
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Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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Well I get into a card game in a company town
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Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down
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Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
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Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
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The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
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Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
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Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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The Devil's Right Hand
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| Steve Earle |
