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.

tear this building down.

You read about Sampson, from his birth

strongest man that ever lived on earth.

One day Sampson was walking alone

looked down on the ground and saw an old jaw-bone.

stretched out his hand, swung it over his head,

when he start moving ten thousand was dead.

If I had my way,

If I had my way

If I had my way I would tear this building down,

tear this building down

Sampson and the lion they got in attack

Sampson jumped on that lion's back

You read about him - he killed a man with his paw

Sampson got his hands around the lion's jaw

broke that beast till the lion was dead

Bees made honey in the lion's head.

If I had my way,

If I had my way

If I had my way I would tear this building down,

tear this building down

Delilah was a woman, so fine and fair

She had lovely good looks, and a-cold black hair

Delilah gained on sampson's mind

first saw the woman just to fill his time

sit down on sampson's knees

tell me where your strength lies, if you please

She spoke so kind, talked so fair,

Sampson told Delilah, cut off my hair,

Shave my head, clean as your hand

And my strength will be like a natural man

caught ol' Sampson by surprise

picked up a stick and poked him eye to eye

dragged him down to the judgment hall

chained him to the stone cold wall

left him there til his head turned brown

Sampson tore that building down

If I had my way,

If I had my way

If I had my way I would tear this building down.

tear this building down.

tear this building down

tear this building down.

tear this building down

i would tear this building down

tear this building down

i would tear this building down