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'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
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Saw my first pistol in a general store
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In a general store, when I was thirteen
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Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
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So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs she really blew up
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She really blew up, she didn't understand
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
Chorus:
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
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My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt.
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Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a might slow.
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Loads a might slow. And soon I found out it'll
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Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out.
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Bought a year later bought got a colt 45.
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Called a peace maker, but I never knew why.
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I never knew why, I didn't understand.
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
*Interlude*
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Got into a card game in a crumbling town
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Caught a miner cheating so I shot the dog down
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Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
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Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
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The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
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Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
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Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
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Nothing touched the pistol but the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand