Lyrics Detail
If I Had My Way
[ti:If I Had My Way]
[ar:Peter,Paul & Mary]
[al:Carry It On CD5]
[offset:0]
If I Had My Way - Peter,Paul & Mary
You read about sampson,
You read about his birth
He was the strongest man
That ever lived on earth.
One day old sampson was walking alone
He looked down on the ground
And he saw an old jaw-bone.
He lifted up that jaw-bone
And he swung it over his head,
And when he got to moving
Ten thousand was dead.
If I had my way,
If I had my way in this wicked world,
If I had my way
I would tear this building down.
Sampson and the lion got in attack
Sampson he crawled up
On the lion's back
You read about this lion
He killed a man with his paw
Sampson he got his hands
Around the lion's jaw
And he ripped that beast
Till the lion was dead
And the bees made honey
In the lion's head.
If I had my way,
If I had my way
In this wicked world,
If I had my way
I would tear this building down.
Delilah was a woman,
She was fine and fair
She had lovely looks, God knows,
And cold black hair
Delilah she climbed up
On sampson's knee
And said "tell me
Where your strength lies,
If you please"
She talked so fine,
She talked so fair,
Sampson said "delilah,
Cut off my hair,
Shave my head
Just as clean as your hand
And my strength will be
Like a natural man."
If I had my way,
If I had my way
In this wicked world,
If I had my way
I would tear this building down.
If I had my way,
If I had my way
If I had my way
In this wicked world,
If I had my way
I would tear this building down