Cover of Steve Earle's Classic. Written By, Steve Earle. In style of Steve Earle, Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen. Recorded 10/30/2014 @ Viktoria Foxfang's Home Studio. Master take 6, working parts of takes 4 & 5. Mixed/Mastered on 11/4/2014
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Lyrics
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 said the pistol is the devil's right hand
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
It shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loaded mighty slow
It loads mighty slow, and soon I found out
It'll get you into trouble but it won't get you out
So I went to trade my gun for a Colt 45
It's 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
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
Well I got into a card game in a company town
I caught a miner cheating, I shot the kid down
I shot the kid down, and I watched the man to fall
He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
My trial was in the morning and they kicked me out of bed
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
Not guilty I said, that you've got the wrong man
Nothing touched that trigger but the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Nothing touched that trigger but the devil's right hand
Ooooohh, mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand