It could be a spoonful of coffee
   It could be a spoonful of 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
   Everybody fight about a spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
  
   It could be a spoonful of water
   To save you from the desert sand
   But one spoon of love1 from my forty-five
   Will save you from another man
   Men lie about that spoonful
   Some cry about that spoonful
   Some die about that spoonful
   Everybody fight about a spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
  
   It could be a spoonful of sugar
   It could be a spoonful of 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
   Everybody fight about a spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
   That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
  
   It could be a spoonful of sugar
   It could be a spoonful of tea
   But one little spoon of your precious love
   Is good enough for me