Devil's Right Hand

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

Asked if I could have one when 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 was the devil's right hand

She really blew up, I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right, the devil's right

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Shoots 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

Then I went and bought myself a Colt 45
It was called a Peacemaker but I never knew why
I never knew why and I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand

I never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right, the devil's right

I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down and watched the dog fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw

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-

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