The Devil's Right Hand-Steve Earle

[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 [02:30.00]