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
 Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

 (Willie Nelson)
 So 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

 Chorus (All together)
 The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
 Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

 (Kris Kristofferson)
 My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
 Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow
 Loads a mighty slow and soon I found out
 It can get 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
 Never knew why, I didn't understand
 'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

 Well I got into a card game in a company town
 Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down
 Shot the dog down, watched the man 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

 (Repeat chorus...)