Johnny Cash - Devil’s Right Hand lyrics

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
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

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