Samson And Delilah - Tom Jones

If I had my way

If I had my way

If I had my way

I would tear this building down

Well, you read about Samson?

All from his birth

He was the strongest man who ever lived on earth

One day while Samson was walking along

He looked down on the ground and saw an old jaw bone

He stretched out his arms, his chains broke like thread

When he got to moving, ten-thousand were dead

He said, «if I had my way in this wicked world

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

Now, Samson and the lion, they got an attack in

Samson crawled upon the lion’s back

Well, you read about the lion?

He killed a man with his paws

But Samson got his hands around the lion’s jaws

He ripped that beast until he killed him dead

And then the bees made honey in the lion’s head

If I had my way in this wicked world

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

Tear this building down

Tear this building down

Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair

She had good looks and eh.

and coal black hair

Delilah, she gained old Samson’s mind

When he first saw that woman, oh, she looked so fine

Delilah, she climbed upon Samson’s knee

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

She spoke so kind, she talked so fair

And then Samson said, «Delilah, don’t touch my hair!

«You can shave my head clean as my hand

«And my strength becomes just like a natural man

Just like a natural man

Just like a natural man

If I had my way in this wicked world

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

I would tear this building down

I would tear this building down

Temptation roped Samson, he was blinded by lust

But his faith gave him strength, yeah and that was enough

He rose like a tempest, mighty and just

He buried that darkness in rubble and dust

In rubble and dust

In rubble and dust

In rubble and dust

He said, «If I had my way

He said, «If I had my way

He said, «If I had my way

«I would tear this building down»

If I had my way