Brokeback Mountain movie - Devil's Right Hand lyrics

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Song by Steve Earle<br /><br>

About the time that daddy left to fight the big war<br>

I saw my first pistol in the general store<br>

In the general store, when i was thirteen<br>

I thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen<br>

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So l asked if i could have one someday when i grew up<br>

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up<br>

She really blew up, and she didn't understand<br>

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand<br>

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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Me very first pistol was a cap and ball colt<br>

Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow<br>

It loads a mite slow, and soon i found out<br>

It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out<br>

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So about a year later i bought a colt 45<br>

Called a peacemaker but i never knew why<br>

I never knew why, i didn't understand<br>

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand<br>

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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Got into a card game in a company town<br>

I caught a miner cheating, i shot the dog down<br>

I shot the dog down, i watched the man fall<br>

He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw<br>

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The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed<br>

Asked me how i pleaded, not guilty i said<br>

Not guilty i said, you've got the wrong man<br>

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand<br>

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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand<br>

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand<br>

Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand<br>

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