Peter Paul & Mary - If I Had My Way lyrics

You read about sampson, you read about his birth<br>He was the strongest man that ever lived on earth.<br>One day old sampson was walking alone<br>He looked down on the ground and he saw an old jaw-bone.<br>He lifted up that jaw-bone and he swung it over his head,<br>And when he got to moving ten thousand was dead.<br><br>If I had my way,<br>If I had my way in this wicked world,<br>If I had my way I would tear this building down.<br><br>Sampson and the lion got in attack<br>Sampson he crawled up on the lion's back<br>You read about this lion - he killed a man with his paw<br>Sampson he got his hands around the lion's jaw<br>And he ripped that beast till the lion was dead<br>And the bees made honey in the lion's head.<br><br>If I had my way,<br>If I had my way in this wicked world,<br>If I had my way I would tear this building down.<br><br>Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair<br>She had lovely looks, God knows, and cold black hair<br>Delilah she climbed up on sampson's knee<br>And said tell me where your strength lies, if you please<br>She talked so fine, she talked so fair,<br>Sampson said delilah, cut off my hair,<br>Shave my head just as clean as your hand<br>And my strength will be like a natural man.<br><br>If I had my way,<br>If I had my way in this wicked world,<br>If I had my way I would tear this building down.<br><br>If I had my way,<br>If I had my way in this wicked world,<br>If I had my way I would tear this building down.