Johnny Cash - The Devils Right Hand

title : the devil’s right hand
artist : johnny cash
album : unearthed ( disc 2 of 5/track 12 of 16 )

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

chorus :

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she really blew up and i didn’t understand
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mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand
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the devil’s right hand , the devil’s right hand
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mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

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my very first pistol was a cap ’n’ ball colt
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shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow
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it loads a might slow and i soon found out
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it can get you into trouble but it can’t get you out
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then i went and bought myself a colt . 45
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called A “peacemaker” but i didn’t know why
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i never knew why and i didn’t understand
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’cause mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

chorus :

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i never knew why and i didn’t understand
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mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand
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the devil’s right hand , the devil’s right hand
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mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand

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i got into a card game in a company town
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caught a minor cheatin’ and i shot the dog down
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shot the dog down , watched the dog 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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nothin’ touched the trigger but the devil’s right hand

chorus :

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not guilty i said , you’ve got the wrong man
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nothin’ touched the trigger but the devil’s right hand
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the devil’sright hand , the devil’s right hand
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nothin’ touched the trigger but the devil’s right hand