If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down

Blind Man Blues

Blind Willie Johnson

歌词

If I Had My

Way I'd Tear

This Building

Down 3: 09

Blind Willie

Johnson(Joseph W. Johnson)

Recorded Dec 3, 1927

Dallas, TX

Originally released 1928

Album: Dark

Was The Night

Columbia Records

Transcription:

Well, if I had my way

I had-a, a wicked mind

If I had-a, ah

Lord, tear this building down

Weh-ell!Delilah was a woman fine an' fair

Her pleasant looks-a, her coal black hair

Delilah gained old

Samson's mind

A-first saw the woman that looked so fine

A-well went

Timnathy,

I can't tell

A daughter of

Timnathy, a-pleased him well

A-Samson told his father, '

I'm goin a-a-a'(Help) me

LordIf I had my way

Well, if a had-a, a wicked world

If I had-a, ah

Lord, tear this building down

Weh-ell!Samson's mother replied to him'

Can't you find a woman of your kind and kin?''

Samson, will you please your mother's mind?'

Go'd and married that-a

Philistine

Let me tell you what, old

SamsonWell, he roared at the lion, the lion run

Samson was the first man the lion attach

He caught the lion and got upon his 'ack

A-written that he killed a man with his

And Sampson had his hand in the lion's jaws

If I had my way

If I had-a, a wicked world

If I had-a, ah

Lord, tear this building down'

Well, your riddle please, a-tell it to me''

A-how an eater became forth meat?''

Well, your riddle please, a-tell it to me''

A-how strong of it came forth sweet?

Deliah, got his army after him

Well, the bees made-a honey in the lion hair

Well, if I had my way

Well, if I had-a, a wicked world

If I had-a, ah

Lord, tear this building down

Sewed me tow knot, an' formed a plot

Not many days 'fore

Samson was caught

A-bind this hands whilst a-walkin' along

A-looked on the ground and found a lil' jawbone

He moved his arm ropes, a-pop like thread

Dropped those threads free, three thousand were dead

Lord, If I had my way

Well, if I had a, a wicked world

If I had a, ah

Lord, tear this building down

Weh-ell!Samson's trick though they never found out'

Till they began to wonder about

A-'till his wife sat up upon his knee'

A-tell me where your strength lie, if you please?'

Samson's wife she a-talked so fair

Told his wife cut off-a his hair'

Shave my head, clean as your hand'

Till I become a natural man!'

Lord, If I had my way

Well, if I had a, a wicked world

If I had a, ah

Lord, tear this building down.~

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2.Got The Blues

3.Match Box Blues

4.When You Are Gone

5.Death Cell Blues

6.Nobody's Fault But Mine

7.Third Street Woman Blues

8.My Brownskin Sugar Plum

9.Who's Been Here?

10.Barbecue Bust

11.Your Love Belongs To Me

12.Special Agent Blues

13.Cross And Evil Woman Blues

14.Dangerous Woman Blues

15.You Can Go Home

16.Doing A Stretch

17.One Time Blues

18.Dark Was The Night

19.I'm Gonna Meet You At The Station

20.Working Man Blues

21.It's A Good Little Thing

22.Scarey Day Blues

23.Detroit Bound Blues

24.***** Cat Blues

25.Hittin' The Bottle

26.If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down

28.Magic Carpet

29.Cat Man Blues

30.Outside Woman Blues

31.Lost Lover Blues

32.My Pencil Won't Write No More

33.Time Is Drawing Near

34.The Soul Of A Man

35.Statesboro Blues

36.Floating Bridge

37.Long Lonesome Blues

38.I Cannot Bear My Burden By Myself

39.I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy

40.Sweeter As The Years Roll By

41.Ninety Nine Blues

42.One Time Blues

43.Banana In Your Fruit Basket

44.When The War Was On

45.Poor John Blues

46.Homesick And Lonesome Blues

47.Skippy Whippy

48.Late In The Evening

49.I'm Going Down To The River

50.Lonely Avenue