It could be a spoonful of diamonds

Could be a spoonful of gold

Just a little spoon of your precious love

Satisfy my soul



Men lied about a little ---

Some of them cried about a little ---

Some of them died about a little spoon---

Everything fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that ---



It could be a spoonful of coffee

Could be a spoonful of tea

But a little spoon of your precious love

Good enough for me



Men lied about that ---

Some of them cried about that ---

Some of them died about that ---

But everything fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that ---



It could be a spoonful of water

Saved me from the desert sand

But one spoon of them forty-five

Saved you from another man



Men lied about that ---

Some of them cried about that ---

Some of them died about that ---

Everybody fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that ---