Johnny Cash - Devil's Right Hand Lyrics

Lyrics Devil's Right Hand - Johnny Cash



Well about the time my Daddy left to fight the big war
Saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store when I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
I asked if I could have one when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up
She really blew up and I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
She really blew up and 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
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
It loads a mite slow and I soon found out
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
Called a Peacemaker but I didn't know why
I never knew why and I didn't understand
'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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
I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
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
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



Writer(s): STEVE EARLE


Johnny Cash - Cash Unearthed (Box Set)
Album Cash Unearthed (Box Set)
date of release
25-11-2003

1 I'm Movin' On
2 You'll Never Walk Alone
3 Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
4 When He Reached Down
5 You Are My Sunshine
6 Heart of Gold
7 I'm Bound for the Promised Land
8 I Am a Pilgrim
9 Casey's Last Ride
10 Mercy Seat
11 Brown Eyed Handsome Man
12 Gentle On My Mind
13 The Running Kind
14 Cindy
15 Father and Son
16 The One Rose
17 Hung My Head
18 Trouble in Mind
19 Redemption Song
20 Old Chunk of Coal
21 Breaking Bread
22 Book Review
23 Wichita Lineman
24 Where We'll Never Grow Old
25 Waiting for a Train
26 The Fourth Man In the Fire
27 Southern Accents
28 Salty Dog
29 Pocahontas
30 In the Garden
31 I'll Fly Away
32 He Stopped Loving Her Today
33 Hard Times
34 Do Lord
35 Devil's Right Hand
36 As Long As the Grass Shall Grow
37 Big Iron
38 Chattanooga Sugar Babe
39 Drive On (Alternate Lyrics)
40 "T" for Texas
41 A Singer of Songs




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