[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:01.10]Devil's Right Hand [00:02.90]Steve Earle [00:04.36] [00:05.75]About the time that daddy left to fight the big war [00:08.90]I saw my first pistol in the general store [00:12.15]In the general store, when I was thirteen [00:13.64]I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen [00:16.15] [00:19.42]So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up [00:21.99]Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up [00:25.01]She really blew up, and she didn't understand [00:28.48]Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand [00:30.40] [00:31.53]The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand [00:34.50]Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand [00:36.45] [00:38.09]Me very first pistol was a cap and ball colt [00:44.25]Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a mite slow [00:47.37]It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out [00:49.36]It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out [00:51.26] [00:54.72]So about a year later I bought a colt 45 [00:57.22]Called a peacemaker but I never knew why [01:00.33]I never knew why, I didn't understand [01:03.45]Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand [01:06.67] [01:07.23]The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand [01:09.67]Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand [01:12.85] [01:21.49]Got into a card game in a company town [01:38.56]I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down [01:41.51]I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall [01:44.79]He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw [01:47.93] [01:48.24]The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed [01:51.04]Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said [01:54.38]Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man [01:56.72]Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand [02:00.56] [02:00.83]The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand [02:03.73]Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand [02:06.47] [02:07.17]The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand [02:09.84]Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand