If I Had My Way                                       man."                                             
(Rev. Gary Davis)                                                                                       
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You read about Samson and you read about his                                                            
birth. He was the strongest man that ever lived                                                         
on earth. One day Samson, he was walkin'                                                                
alone, He looked down on the ground and he saw                                                          
an old jaw bone. And he lifted up that jaw                                                              
bone and swung it over his head, And when he                                                            
got to movin', ten thousand was dead.                                                                   
                                                                                                        
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    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.                                                                      
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        
Samson and the lion got an attack,  Samson, he                                                          
crawled up on the lion's back. He leaned about                                                          
the lion, he held him 'bout his paw, And                                                                
Samson, he held his hands 'round that lion's                                                            
jaw. He teared that beast 'til the lion's                                                               
dead, And the bees made honey in the lion's                                                             
head.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        
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Delilah, she's a woman, she looks fine and                                                              
fair. She's got lovely looks and long black                                                             
hair. Delilah, she lied upon Samson's knees,                                                            
She said, "Tell me where your strength lies, if                                                         
you please." Well she talked so fine, she talked                                                        
so fair,  Samson said, "Delilah, cut off my                                                             
hair,  Shave my head just as clean as your                                                              
hand, And my strength will be like a natural