Willie Dixon

Spoonful

by
Willie Dixon
recording of 1960
from
I Am The Blues (Mobile Fidelity 872, Sony 53627)
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 love
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
Additional verse from Howlin' Wolf take:
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
__________
Note 1: Henry Foley thinks instead of "love" it should read "lead", he wrote:
"The lyrics are
It could be a spoonful of water
That save you from the desert sand
But one spoon of (lead) from my 45
May save you from another man
Different variations, but the key words are (spoon of lead).
Reason man, you can't save yourself from
another man with a spoonful of love,
unless you're gay or something.
Dig it?".
Thanks to Henry Foley for this contribution.



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