The Devil Shot the Devil

The Devil shot the Devil

in that gunfight in the street.

He said the other devil

was the evilest you could meet.

He said some folks aren't worth living—

so he would gladly take their lives,

leave their children fatherless,

and make widows of their wives.

Too often, guns are raised—

they are fired by those who think

the other person's a devil,

so they kill in just a blink.

But for every devil killed like that,

there's a devil who shoots him down.

And those who pass such judgment

are the evilest around.