The Devil's Right Hand

Song The Devil's Right Hand
Artist Steve Earle
Album Copperhead Road

Lyrics

[00:05.00] About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
[00:08.00] I saw my first pistol in the general store
[00:12.00] In the general store, when I was thirteen
[00:16.00] Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
[00:19.00] So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
[00:22.00] Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
[00:25.00] She really blew up and I didn't understand
[00:28.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[00:31.00] The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
[00:34.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[00:41.00] My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
[00:44.00] Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
[00:47.00] Loads a mite slow and soon I found out
[00:50.00] It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
[00:53.00] So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45
[00:56.00] Called a peacemaker but I never knew why
[00:59.00] Never knew why, I didn't understand
[01:03.00] Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[01:07.00] The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
[01:10.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[01:13.00] The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
[01:16.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[01:35.00] Well I get into a card game in a company town
[01:38.00] Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down
[01:41.00] Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
[01:44.00] Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
[01:48.00] The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
[01:51.00] Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
[01:54.00] Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
[01:58.00] Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
[02:01.00] The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
[02:04.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[02:07.00] The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
[02:10.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
[02:23.00] Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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