We speak of the devil
He's no friend of mine
To turn from him is what we have in mind

Just a liar and a thief
The word tells us so
We like to let him know
Where he can go

To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil

When things are going wrong
You know who to blame
He will always live
Up to his name

He's never been the answer
There's a better way
We are here to rock out
And to say

To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil

To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil

To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil

To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil


Lyrics submitted by El Libertador 00

To Hell with the Devil Lyrics as written by Robert Lee Sweet Michael H Sweet

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  • +2
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    Yeah.. The lyrics pretty much explain itself. This song makes me happy, really cool!=D And if you haven't, you should see Stryper live! Rockin'!!

    gakkon October 19, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    this song is about basically, dont follow the devil and sin, or ur off to hell. u prob guessed that! rockin tune!

    Scottish_micon November 04, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    If only they wrote less evangelistic music? So they could blend in and become more like every other hair metal band? They were different. Good on them I say. Kick ass music.

    joe164on June 04, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    get thee behind me stryper, i've played their record backwards

    goodtymze1on June 07, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is sweet! (Pun intended)

    And Stryper did make a secular album (though they didn't "deconvert"). It's called Against the Law.

    MadWookiee11on August 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Earth life is redemption and way of 2 choice . One is Bad another is Good. Choose bad and you go " To hell with the devil " ...

    Sky90on February 17, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    Stryper do suck, but this song is good. If only they'd have deconverted and written some better and less evangelistic music.

    Dogplatteron March 22, 2007   Link
  • -4
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    This is fucking lame.

    kmk_natashaon December 07, 2006   Link

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