Well, About the time my 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
I asked if I could have one 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 is the devil´s right hand 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 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 Called a peacemaker but I didn´t know why Never knew why, I didn´t understand Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil´s right hand
I Never knew why, 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 I got into a card game in a company town Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down Shot the dog down, 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 hand 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 hand