Steve Earle - Devil's Right Hand Lyrics
About the time that daddy left to fight the big warI saw my first pistol in the general storeIn the general store, when I was thirteenI thought it was the finest thing I ever had seenSo l asked if I could have one someday when I grew upMama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew upShe really blew up, and she didnt understandMama said the pistol is the devils right handThe devils right hand, the devils right handMama says the pistol is the devils right handMe very first pistol was a cap and ball coltShoots as fast as lightnin but it loads a mite slowIt loads a mite slow, and soon I found outItll get you into trouble but it cant get you outSo about a year later I bought a colt 45Called a peacemaker but I never knew whyI never knew why, I didnt understandMama says the pistol is the devils right handThe devils right hand, the devils right handMama says the pistol is the devils right handGot into a card game in a company townI caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog downI shot the dog down, I watched the man fallHe never touched his holster, never had a chance to drawThe trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bedAsked me how I pleaded, not guilty I saidNot guilty I said, youve got the wrong manNothing touched the trigger but the devils right handThe devils right hand, the devils right handMama says the pistol is the devils right handThe devils right hand, the devils right handMama says the pistol is the devils right hand
