[Johnny Cash]
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'Bout 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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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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[Willie Nelson]
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I asked if I could have one some day 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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[All]
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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
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Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
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[Kris Kristofferson]
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My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
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Shoots like lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
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It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out
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Gets you into trouble but it can't get you out
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[Waylon Jennings]
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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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I never knew why, I didn't understand
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Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
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[All]
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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
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Mama says 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 says the pistol is the devil's right hand
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[Waylon Jennings]
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I got into a card game in a company town
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I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down
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[Willie Nelson]
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I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
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He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
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[Kris Kristofferson]
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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, the devil's right hand
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
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The Devil's Right Hand
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| The Highwaymen |
