Samson and Delilah

Lyrics

[Chorus] If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down [Verse 1] Well, Delilah, she was a woman, she was fine and fair She had good looks, God knows, and coal-black hair Delilah, she came to old Samson's mind The first he saw this woman at the Philistine Delilah, she set down on Samson's knee Said "Tell me where your strength lie, if you please" She spoke so kind, God knows, she talked so fair 'Til Samson said 'Delilah, you can cut off my hair You can shave my head, clean as my hand And my strength come natural as any a man [Chorus] If I had my way, yeah If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down [Bridge] Pray it God all mighty, talk to me Yes, sir Yeah Talk to me, now Talk, uh huh Talk, uh huh Talk to me, let me hear it Talk to me Yeah, make me feel good Wah Talk to me Uh huh [Verse 2] Well, you read about old Samson, told from his birth He was the strongest man that ever had lived on Earth So one day while Samson was a-walkin' along He looked on ground and saw an old jawbone He stretched out his arm, God knows, it broke like flint When he got to movin', ten-thousand was dead, good God [Chorus] If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down [Verse 3] Well old Samson and the lion got attacked Samson, he jumped up on the lion's back So you read about this lion had killed a man with his paws But Samson, he got his hand in the lion's jaws He rid that beast until he killed him dead And the bees made honey in the lion's head, mhm [Chorus] If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old, oww If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would, good God