(intro)
1. Well, about the time my Daddy left to fight the big war,
saw my first pistol in the general store.
In the general store, when I was thirteen,
thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen.
2. l asked if I could have one when I grew up,
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, and she really blew up.
She really blew up and I didn t understand,
Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
She really blew up and I didn t understand,
Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
The devil s right hand, the devil s right hand,
Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
3. My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt,
shoot as fast as lightning but it loads a mite slow.
It loads a mite slow and I soon found out,
it can get you into trouble but it can t get you out.
4. Then I went and bought myself a Colt 45,
called a peacemaker but I didn?t know why.
I never knew why, and I didn t understand,
cause Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
I never knew why, I didn t understand,
Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
The devil s right hand, the devil s right hand,
Mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand.
5. I got into a card game in a company town,
caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down.
Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall,
never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw.
6. 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.
Not guilty, I said, you ve got the wrong man,
nothing touched the trigger but the devil s right hand.
the devil s right hand, the devil s right hand,
nothing touched the trigger but the devil s right hand.