Devil's Right Hand Lyrics - Johnny Cash

Well about the time my 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 

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 

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Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45 

Called a Peacemaker but I didn't know why 

I never knew why and 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 and 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 

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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