Grateful Dead - Samson And Delilah Lyrics
If I had my way, I would tear this old building down.
Well Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair,
She had good looks, God knows, and coal black hair,
Delilah she gained old Samson's mind.
Delilah she climbed up on Samson's knee,
Said tell me where your strength lies if you please.
She spoke so kind and she talked so fair,
Well 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 old man.
If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way,
You read about Samson, all from his works,
He was the strongest man that ever had lived on earth.
One day when Samson was walking along,
Looked down on the ground, he saw an old jawbone.
He stretched out his arm, God knows, chains broke like thread,
When he got to moving, ten thousand was dead.
If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way,
I would tear this old building down.
Now Samson and the lion, they got in a tack,
Samson he crawled up on the lion's back.
You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paws,
But Samson got his hands around that lion's jaws.
He ripped the beast till he killed him dead.
The bees made honey in the lion's head.
If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way,
I would tear this old building down.
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Grateful Dead Samson And Delilah Comments
Was there that night...Holy Shit...GFD!
Nothing like a Grateful dead show!
Wonderful performance, true story too! Rest in peace Robert Hunter, Pig Pen, Brent Mydland and Jerry Garcia.
Brent looks like Otis from Devils Rejects.
Who the hell are the 26 people who don't like this? Never mind, I don't want to know.
Love this and miss the old days. Love the current band too, don’t get me wrong! 🎶💃🏼🎶
Bobbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Man that was one hell of a show. They were incredible on this song
Rise against Zionism
they meshed, very well. was Jerry down in weight? or what !! 2019 viewing, tho been listening since 1973-4. God bless😌
Gorgeous Bobby <3
That celtic cross burning..
Bobby-"I would tear this old building down, Great God of mine..."
God this is soooo good!
Garcia on that guitar! Top stuff!
KenDroid66 some of Jerry's best* it only came through 1 time around....😌
Oh yeah we g
This makes me so happy!🤗🤗🤗
High energy!
Bobby at his best! This is why I thought he was so hot back then... he was!
Jerry is fuckin' RIPPING! Wow....
great god a'mighty talk to me now ...
I wonder what he had to say...
......Chingones los batos! I came her for The Middle of the Road....but boyee! What a pleasant surprise!
i hope i live to know intricately what's going on here, for now, my ears and soul so grateful to behold
some sacred shit is going on here fam
Man thank-you
F yeah!
Katastrophal schlecht ausgesteuert. Schade. Die Percussion ist super.
RIP Jerry Garcia 😢 love this song
Billy's just exercising.
what a performance
GOD DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the bees made honey in the lion's head!
I love the way they do this song with Brent Mydland in the band, way better harmony vocals than Donna G.
Good cover. still not as good as the original Rev. Davis.
They probably meet him and were definetly inspired by and respected him
The Patriots loves this
PhantomZO9
Rev. Davis huh. Im gonna play it
And Soldier Field was ROCKIN' on the Final Night!
Hey There Delilah: M.D. Saperstein (Author), Andria Large
(Author) - brought me here :)
The Dead are pretty good eh?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Delilah-Taboo-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B00FC09IUG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1424121103&sr=1-1&keywords=hey+there+delilah
I feel high on coke just watching Billy drum hahaha
this is awesome
Kreutzman is flailing. 3:50 drummers sound like two pair of work boots tumbling around in a dryer.
Billy definitely seemed to be fairly lit for this one in the run. Look at some other footage from the 30th like the He's Gone/Truckin and drums with Cobham.
If I had my way...fckkkkkk!
Yea that happened a lot.. they sound like a popcorn machine
you are a moron.... the beauty of the dead was disorganization.
Wa tashi wa tskeetee