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