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 lead 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