It could be a spoonful of coffee
It could be a spoonful a-tea
But one little spoon

Of your precious love
Is good enough for me


Men lie about that spoonful
Some cry about that spoonful
Some die about that spoonful

Ev'rybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon

That spoonful

[guitar & instrumental]


It could be a spoonful a-water
To save you from the desert sand

But one spoon of lead
From my forty-five
Will save you from another man


Men lie-ii about that spoonful
Some cry-ii about that spoonful

Some die-ii about that spoonful
Ev'rybody fight about a spoonful


That spoon, that spoon
That spoonful
That spoon, that spoon

That spoonful

[guitar & instrumental]


[piano & instrumental]


It could be a spoonful a-sugar
It could be a spoonful a-tea
But one little spoon

Of your precious love
Is good enough for me-ee


Men lie-ii about that spoonful
Some cry-ii about that spoonful
Some die-ii about that spoonful

Ev'rybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon

That spoonful
A-that spoon, that spoon
That spoonful


That spoon, that spoon
That spoonful

That spoon, that spoon
That spoonful.