Published On May 29, 2023
Arranged by Bear McCreary and Shirley Manson.
Executive Producer: Josh Friedman.
Guitars: Ira Ingber and Steve Bartek.
Bass by John Avila.
Drums by Nate Wood.
Co-Producer and Engineer: Steve Kaplan.
Vocal Engineer: Billy Bush.
Written by the Reverend Gary Davis.
Taken from episode 201 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which aired on September 8th, 2008.
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down,
Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair,
She had good looks and coal black hair,
Delilah, she can ground on Samson's mind,
When he saw this woman, she looked so fine.
Delilah, she climbed up on Samson's knee,
Said, "Tell me where your strength lies, if you please",
Then she spoke so kind and she talked so fair,
'Til Samson said, "Delilah, cut off my hair."
"You can shave my head, clean as my hand,
And my strength will become as natural as any man."
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down,
People read about old Samson as far back as his birth,
He was the strongest man that ever lived tn Earth,
One day while Samson's walking, walking along,
Looked down on the ground and saw an old jawbone,
And he stretched out his arms and his chains broke like thread,
When he got to move, ten thousand men was dead.
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down,
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down.
Well, Samson and the lion got entwined in a fight,
And Samson he jumped up and took on the lions might,
You won't know just how a lion kill a man with his paws,
Well, Samson got his hands up round that lions jaws,
And he ripped that beast and he killed him dead,
And the bees made honey in the lions' head.
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down,
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this building down.
If I had my way, if I had my way,
If I had my way I'd burn this whole building down,