If I Had My Way-Peter/Paul and Mary

[ti:If I Had My Way] [ar:Peter, Paul & Mary] [al:If I Had a Hammer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If I Had My Way - Peter/Paul and Mary [00:06.67]You read about sampson, [00:07.36] [00:08.32]You read about his birth [00:10.35]He was the strongest man [00:12.22]That ever lived on earth. [00:13.87] [00:14.41]One day old sampson was walking alone [00:17.95]He looked down on the ground [00:19.39]And he saw an old jaw-bone. [00:21.80]He lifted up that jaw-bone [00:23.49]And he swung it over his head, [00:25.36]And when he got to moving [00:26.85]Ten thousand was dead. [00:28.84]If I had my way, [00:32.63]If I had my way in this wicked world, [00:36.47]If I had my way [00:38.10]I would tear this building down. [00:43.73] [00:44.33]Sampson and the lion got in attack [00:47.82]Sampson he crawled up on the lions back [00:51.33]You read about this lion [00:52.96]He killed a man with his paw [00:54.97]Sampson he got his hands around the lions jaw [00:58.68]And he ripped that beast till the lion was dead [01:02.16]And the bees made honey in the lions head. [01:05.78]If I had my way, [01:08.83] [01:09.34]If I had my way in this wicked world, [01:12.68]If I had my way I would tear this building down. [01:20.64]Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair [01:23.86]She had lovely looks, God knows, [01:26.29]And cold black hair [01:27.47]Delilah she climbed up on sampsons knee [01:30.89]And said tell me where your strength lies, [01:33.08]If you please [01:34.67]She talked so fine, she talked so fair, [01:38.32]Sampson said delilah, cut off my hair, [01:42.06]Shave my head just as clean as your hand [01:45.44]And my strength will be like a natural man. [01:48.57]If I had my way, [01:51.79]If I had my way in this wicked world, [01:55.38]If I had my way I would tear this building down. [02:03.42] [02:03.94]If I had my way, [02:05.25]If I had my way [02:06.78]If I had my way in this wicked world, [02:09.48] [02:10.36]If I had my way [02:13.68]I would tear this building down there.