Samson and Delilah

If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down Well Delilah, she was a woman fine and fair She had good looks, God knows and coal black hair Delilah, she came to Samson's mind The first he saw this woman that looked so fine Delilah, she set down on Samson's knee Said tell me where your strength lies 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 as natural as any a man' If I had my way If I had my way In this wicked world If I had my way I would tear this old building down Talk, Yeah Yeah, Talk to me Yeah, Yeah, talk to me Yeah, what happened then? If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down Yeah 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 the 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, Mmm If I had my way If I had my way in this wicked world If I had my way I would tear this old building down 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 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 Good God! If I had my way If I had my way If I had my way I would tear this old building down If I had my way If I had my way in this wicked world If I had my way I would tear this old building down Good God