[Verse 1] Samson came at wheat-time bearing a gift, but found his wife was gone, So fire ran between the foxes through the vineyard and the grain. Philistine vengeance answered violence, and vengeance answered back, Till Judah brought three thousand men to bind the trouble in their land. [Pre-Chorus] The cords were tight around him, Then the Spirit fell like flame. [Chorus] With a jawbone in his hand, A thousand fell at Lehi. With the city gates upon his back, He climbed the hill toward Hebron. Strength broke chains and lifted iron, Yet the strongest man still thirsted for God. [Verse 2] He let his brothers bind him only after they had sworn, At the shout of Philistine ranks the ropes became like burned-out flax. A fresh jawbone lay beside him, and the battlefield grew still, Then thirst brought down the victor till he cried to heaven for life. [Bridge] God opened water from the hollow, and his failing strength returned, Twenty years he judged the people while Philistine power remained. Gaza closed its gates around him, waiting for the morning kill, But at midnight he tore post and bar and carried all away. [Final Chorus] With a jawbone in his hand, A thousand fell at Lehi. With the city gates upon his back, He climbed the hill toward Hebron. Strength broke chains and lifted iron, Yet the strongest man still thirsted for God. [Outro] The gates could not contain him, But his desires still could.