Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way lyrics

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 jawbone Stretched out his hand, swung it over his head When he starts 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 k**ed 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 old 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 till 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