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Bruce Dickinson - Lecabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece, July 21, 2002, during the ''Air Raid European Tour'' 2002.

Delilah (Tom Jones cover)

Vocals-Bruce Dickinson
Bass guitar-Chris Dale(current in TANK)
Guitar-Alex Dickson (ex Gun,Robbie Williams Band)
Guitar-Pete Friesen(ex Alice Cooper's band,The Almighty)
Drums-Robin Guy(ex Rachel Stamp,Rag Dolls)

[Lyrics]

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she decieved me I watched and went out of my mind

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free

At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more
Forgive me Delilah I just couldn't take any more
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"Delilah" was a song written by Les Reed, Barry Mason, and Sylvan Whittingham and recorded by Tom Jones in 1968.
Jones narrates the song as a deceived lover who spies his woman in a silhouette on a window as she makes love to another man. Although he realizes that she is of no good to him, he goes temporarily insane. Waiting until after her paramour leaves, he knocks on the door to find her laughing and stabs her to death. Then he begs her forgiveness before the police come to take him away.

There have been several versions of the story or how the pop song Delilah came about but the truth is that it was Les Reed's idea to write a song about the Samson and Delilah biblical story. "But I was lost like a slave that no man could free" was the only line that alluded to the bible story when the lyric was completed, says Sylvan Whittingham. "Les supplied the music and the title and Barry and I completed the lyric from Les Reed's tape in two hours in the first floor office of Chappells Music Publishing in St George Street W1." The first demo recording of this song was entitled Iy Yi Yi Delilah and was sung by PJ Proby.

Delilah was approached by the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, to discover the secret of Samson's strength. Three times she asked Samson for the secret of his strength, and three times he gave her a false answer. On the fourth occasion he gave her the true reason: that he did not cut his hair in fulfillment of a vow to God; and Delilah betrayed him to his enemies. However, contrary to popular belief Delilah did not actually cut Samson's hair, the deed was done by one of her servants.

The song has also been covered many times by other artists, including a reggae cover by Horace Andy, the goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus on their album Wild, the Irish American punk band Flogging Molly on their live album Alive Behind the Green Door and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band whose single reached No 7 in the UK chart in 1975. In 1988 Delilah was covered by Paddy Goes To Holyhead. This version can be found on the 4CDbox "The Hannover Sessions" with The Sweet. The Finnish rock band The Lenningrad Cowboys also performed a version of this song at Total Balalaka1993. (Source:Wikipedia)