| Song | The Devil's Right Hand |
| Artist | Steve Earle |
| Album | Essential Steve Earle |
| 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 |