Cash Johnny – Devil’s Right Hand

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Well, about the time that Daddy left to fight the big war 
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I saw my first pistol in the general store 
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In the general store, when I was thirteen 
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I 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, she really blew  
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She really blew up, and she didn't understand 
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
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She really blew up, and she 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 says the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
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Me very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt 
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Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow 
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It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out 
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It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out 
 
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So about a year later I 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, I didn't understand 
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Cause mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
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I didn't knew why, I didn't understand 
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Mama says 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 says 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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I caught a miner cheating, then shot the dog down 
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Shot the dog down, I 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 trigger but the devil's right hand 
 
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Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man 
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand 
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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand 
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand