Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way lyrics

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If I had my way, <br />If I had my way <br />If I had my way I would tear this building down. <br />tear this building down. <br /> <br />You read about Sampson, from his birth <br />strongest man that ever lived on earth. <br />One day Sampson was walking alone <br />looked down on the ground and saw an old jaw-bone. <br />stretched out his hand, swung it over his head, <br />when he start moving ten thousand was dead. <br /> <br />If I had my way, <br />If I had my way <br />If I had my way I would tear this building down, <br />tear this building down <br /> <br />Sampson and the lion they got in attack <br />Sampson jumped on that lion's back <br />You read about him - he killed a man with his paw <br />Sampson got his hands around the lion's jaw <br />broke that beast till the lion was dead <br />Bees made honey in the lion's head. <br /> <br />If I had my way, <br />If I had my way <br />If I had my way I would tear this building down, <br />tear this building down <br /> <br />Delilah was a woman, so fine and fair <br />She had lovely good looks, and a-cold black hair <br />Delilah gained on sampson’s mind <br />first saw the woman just to fill his time <br />sit down on sampson's knees <br />tell me where your strength lies, if you please <br />She spoke so kind, talked so fair, <br />Sampson told Delilah, cut off my hair, <br />Shave my head, clean as your hand <br />And my strength will be like a natural man <br />caught ol’ Sampson by surprise <br />picked up a stick and poked him eye to eye <br />dragged him down to the judgment hall <br />chained him to the stone cold wall <br />left him there til his head turned brown <br />Sampson tore that building down <br /> <br />If I had my way, <br />If I had my way <br />If I had my way I would tear this building down. <br />tear this building down. <br />tear this building down <br />tear this building down. <br />tear this building down <br />i would tear this building down <br />tear this building down <br />i would tear this building down<br /><br />