Samson And Delilah - The Staple Singers

If I had my way, if I had my way

If I had my way, if I had my way

I would tear this building down

I would tear this building down

You heard about Samson from your birth

Strongest man that ever lived on Earth

One day Samson was walking along

He looked on the ground, he spied an old jawbone

He stretched out his hand and it molded like clay

When he start movin' 10,000 were dead

Lord, if I had my way, if I had my way

If I had my way, if I had my way

I would tear this building down

I would tear this building down

Samson and the lion had an attack

Samson jumped on that lion’s back

You’ve read about lions killing men with their paws

Samson got his hand in the lion’s jaws

Rode that lion 'til the beast fell dead

The bees made honey in the lion’s head

If I had my way, if I had my way

If I had my way, if I had my way

I would tear this building down

I would tear this building down

Delilah was a woman so fine and fair

She had good looks and coal black hair

Delilah first gained on Samson’s mind

He first saw the woman in Philistine

Delilah sat on Samson’s knee

Said «tell me where your strength lies, if you please»

She spoke so kind, the woman talked so fair

Samson told Delilah, «Cut off my hair

Shave my head just as clean as your hand

Then I’ll become a natural man»

They caught old Samson by surprise

Picked up a stick and poked out his eyes

Carried him down by the judgment hall

Chained him to that stone cold wall

Left him there 'til his hair grew down

Samson tore that building down

Lord, if I had my way, if I had my way

If I had my way, if I had my way

I would tear this building down

I would tear this building down