The Devil's Right Hand - Live - Steve Earle

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war

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

Asked if I could have one someday when I grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

She really blew up, 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 says the pistol is the devil's right hand

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she loads a mite slow

Loads a mite slow, I soon found out

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

Then I went and bought a Colt .45

Called a Peacemaker but I never knew why

I never knew why, I didn't understand

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand

I got into a card game in a company town

I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down

I shot the dog down, I 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 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 says the pistol is the devil's right hand

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

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand