 Don't want to go by the devil? Stay close to Jesus. Don't want to go by the demon? Stay close to Jesus. Don't want to go by Satan? Stay close to Jesus. Don't want to die uneasy? Stay close to Jesus. It's really simple. And they nailed it in this song. I said 1969. It was 1968. But I remember as a kid, eight years old, fascinated by this song because it was on the top 40 radio. I listened to it a million times in the car on the radio and haven't heard that in a long time.