Devil's Right Hand

<p>Well, about the time my daddy left to fight the big war<br/>Saw my first pistol in the general store<br/>In the general store, when I was thirteen<br/>Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen<span><br/>I asked if I could have one when I grew up<br/>Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up<br/>She really blew up and I didn&#x27;t understand<br/>Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<span><br/><br/>She really blew up and I didn&#x27;t understand<br/>Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>The devil&#x27;s right hand, the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/><br/>My very first pistol was a cap-and-ball Colt<br/>Shoot as fast as lightnin&#x27; but it loads a mite slow<br/>It loads a mite slow and I soon found out<br/>It can get you into trouble but it can&#x27;t get you out<br/>Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45<br/>Called a Peacemaker but I didn&#x27;t know why<span><br/>I never knew why and I didn&#x27;t understand<br/>&#x27;Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>I never knew why, I didn&#x27;t understand<br/>Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>The devil&#x27;s right hand, the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>Mama said the pistol is the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/><br/>I got into a card game in a company town<span><br/>Caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down<span><br/>Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall<br/>Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw<span><br/>The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed<br/>Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said<br/>Not guilty I said, you&#x27;ve got the wrong man<br/>Nothing touched the trigger but the devil&#x27;s right hand<span><br/><br/>Not guilty I said, you&#x27;ve got the wrong man<br/>Nothing touched the trigger but the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>The devil&#x27;s right hand, the devil&#x27;s right hand<br/>Nothing touched the trigger but the devil&#x27;s right hand