if i had my way if i had my way if i had my way i would tear this old building down well delilah she was a woman she was fine and fair she had good looks god knows and coal black hair delilah she gained old samson s mind when first he saw this woman couldn t belive his mind well delilah she sat down on samson s knees said tell me where your strength lies if you please if you please well she talked so fine and she spoke so fair samson told delilah cut off my hair you can shave my head clean as my hand and my strength come natural as any old man if i had my way if i had my way if i had my way i would tear this old building down well samson and the lion they got in a tack samson jumped up on that lion s back well you read about this beast that killed a man with his paw samson got his hands in the lion s jaw well he ripped that beast till he killed him dead and the 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 old building down well you read about ol samson and all of his works he was the strongest man ever had lived on earth well one day when samson was walking along he looked on the ground and he saw an old jawbone well he stretched out his arm you know it broke like thread and when he got to moving ten thousand was dead good god if i had my way if i had my way if i had my way i would tear this old building down if i had my way i would tear this old building down