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 ---