(Chorus)

Shut de d', keep out de debil
Shut de d', keep de devil in de ni-eet
Shut de d', keep out the debil
Light de candle everything's alright
Light de candle everything's alright

Oh, when I was a baby child
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
Good and bad was just a game
(Shut de d', keep he debil in de ni-eet)
Many years and many trials
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
They proved to me they not the same
(Shut de d', keep the debil in de ni-eet)

(Repeat Chorus)

Oh, Satan is an evil charmer
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
He's hungry for a soul to hurt
(Shut de d', keep the debil in de ni-eet)
And without your holy armor
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
He will eat you for dessert
(Shut de d', keep the debil in de ni-eet)

(Repeat chorus)

I said ahey, hey, hey
(Shut de d')
Hey, hey, hey
(Keep out the debil)
Hey, hey, hey
(Shut de d')
Say a prayer he won't be back no more

My momma used to sing this song
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
Oh poppa used to sing it, too
(Shut de d', keep de debil in de ni-eet)
Jesus called and took them home
(Shut de d', keep out de debil)
And so I sing this song for you
(Shut de d', keep de debil in de ni-eet)

(Repeat Chorus)