Song | The Devil's Right Hand |
Artist | Steve Earle |
Album | Essential Steve Earle |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war | |
I 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 | |
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up | |
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up | |
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 | |
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt | |
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow | |
Loads a mite slow and soon I found out | |
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out | |
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45 | |
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why | |
Never knew why, I didn't understand | |
Cause 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 | |
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand | |
Well I get into a card game in a company town | |
Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down | |
Shot the dog down, watched the man 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 hand | |
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand | |
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 | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand |
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war | |
I 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 | |
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up | |
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up | |
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 | |
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt | |
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow | |
Loads a mite slow and soon I found out | |
It can get you into trouble but it can' t get you out | |
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45 | |
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why | |
Never knew why, I didn' t understand | |
Cause 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 | |
The devil' s right hand, the devil' s right hand | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil' s right hand | |
Well I get into a card game in a company town | |
Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down | |
Shot the dog down, watched the man 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 hand | |
The devil' s right hand, the devil' s right hand | |
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 | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil' s right hand |
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war | |
I 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 | |
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up | |
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up | |
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 | |
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt | |
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow | |
Loads a mite slow and soon I found out | |
It can get you into trouble but it can' t get you out | |
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45 | |
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why | |
Never knew why, I didn' t understand | |
Cause 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 | |
The devil' s right hand, the devil' s right hand | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil' s right hand | |
Well I get into a card game in a company town | |
Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down | |
Shot the dog down, watched the man 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 hand | |
The devil' s right hand, the devil' s right hand | |
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 | |
Mama said the pistol is the devil' s right hand |