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 

 

(Willie Nelson) 

 So I asked if I could have one some day 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 

 

[Chorus (All together)] 

 The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand 

 Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 

 

(Kris Kristofferson) 

 My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt 

 Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow 

 Loads a mighty slow and soon I found out 

 It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out 

 

(Waylon Jennings) 

 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 

 Well 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 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 

 

(Repeat chorus...)