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the highwaymen - the devil's right hand lyrics

[verse 1]
about the time my daddy left to fight the big war
i saw my first pistol in the general store
the general store, when i was thirteen
thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen
i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
she really blew up and i didn’t understand
mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

[chorus]
the devil’s right hand, the devil’s right hand
mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

[verse 2]
my very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
shoots like lighting but it loads a-might slow
loads a-might slow and soon i found out
it can get you into trouble but it can’t get you out
[jennings:]
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 said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

[chorus]
the devil’s right hand, the devil’s right hand
mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

[instrumental break.]

[verse 3]
i got into a card game in a c-mberland town
caught a miner cheating and i shot the dog down
[nelson:]
shot the dog down, watched the man fall
never touched his holster never had a chance to draw
[kristofferson:]
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

[chorus]
the devil’s right hand, the devil’s right hand
mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

[outro]
mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

- the highwaymen lyrics

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