The Devil's Right Hand (Live) - Steve Earle (史蒂夫-厄尔)/The Dukes

Composed by：Steve Earle

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 I 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

Me very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a might slow

It loads a might 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

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 ** 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