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 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 died about that Some of them cried about that Everybody fightin' about a spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that It could be a spoonful of water Save you from the desert sand But one spoon of lead from my forty-five Save 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 That spoon, dat spoon, dat spoonful