[Chorus]
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this old building down

[Verse 1]
Well, Delilah, she was a woman, she was fine and fair
She had good looks, God knows, and coal-black hair
Delilah, she came to old Samson's mind
The first he saw this woman at the Philistine
Delilah, she set down on Samson's knee
Said "Tell me where your strength lie, if you please"
She spoke so kind, God knows, she talked so fair
'Til Samson said 'Delilah, you can cut off my hair
You can shave my head, clean as my hand
And my strength come natural as any a man

[Chorus]
If I had my way, yeah
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this old building down

[Bridge]
Pray it God all mighty, talk to me
Yes, sir
Yeah
Talk to me, now
Talk, uh huh
Talk, uh huh
Talk to me, let me hear it
Talk to me
Yeah, make me feel good
Wah
Talk to me
Uh huh
[Verse 2]
Well, you read about old Samson, told from his birth
He was the strongest man that ever had lived on Earth
So one day while Samson was a-walkin' along
He looked on ground and saw an old jawbone
He stretched out his arm, God knows, it broke like flint
When he got to movin', ten-thousand was dead, good God

[Chorus]
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this old building down

[Verse 3]
Well old Samson and the lion got attacked
Samson, he jumped up on the lion's back
So you read about this lion had killed a man with his paws
But Samson, he got his hand in the lion's jaws
He rid that beast until he killed him dead
And the bees made honey in the lion's head, mhm

[Chorus]
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this old, oww
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would, good God