The Highwaymen - The Devil's Right Hand lyrics

(Johnny Cash) 'Bout the time that 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 (Willie Nelson) 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 (All) The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand (Kris Kristofferson) My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt Shoots like lightnin' but it loads a mite slow It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out Gets you into trouble but it can't get you out (Waylon 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 says the pistol is the devil's right hand (All) 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 (Waylon Jennings) I got into a card game in a company town I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down (Willie Nelson) I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw (Kris 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 The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand 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 Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand