The Devil's Right Hand - Live In Raleigh, NC / 1987

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
 I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
 So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
 Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
 She really blew up, and she 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
 Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
 It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out
 It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out
 So then I went and bought myself 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
 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
 He 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
 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