Parody of "Enter Sandman" performed by Metallica and written by Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich & James
Hetfield (Judges 13-16)
NOTE: This version was originally included on our fourth studio cassette, "Radical History Tour,"
which was released in August 1994, but we chose not to include it on the CD release in March 1999,
because we planned to rewrite and rerecord it for our "Biblical Graffiti" CD, which would be
released in December 1999.
Well my hair, it was long, I was super-strong, no-one knew how come
I had the strength, I could win any fight I was in, baby, Samson was tough
With a donkey jawbone, whippin' the Philistines
Exercise isn't why, it's my hair; God said never cut it there
I was strong, but my might disappeared one night in the arms of Delilah
I didn't know she was a spy, I fell asleep for a while, and then she cut my hair
Next thing I awoke and in came the Philistines
Philistines made me blind, take revenge, took me to another land
SPOKEN:
Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god
And they said, "Call for Samson, that he may amuse us."
So they called for Samson from the prison, and they made him stand between the pillars.
I started prayin' unto the Lord:
What good am I as a prisoner of war
Give me the strength for one last stand
I pushed the pillars, the roof caved in
Exercise isn't why, it's my prayer, none of 'em got out of there
Judges 16:17
So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a
Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I
