All I Want Is a Spoonful

I told you once: This makes twice

That's the last time: Don't you boil them rice

You can brown your gravy: Fry your steak

Sweet mama: Don't make no mistake

Just sure as the winter: Follows the fall

There ain't no one woman: Got it all

You can meet a woman: That you can't understand

Must be looking for you: Or a monkey‑man

Now cool kind mama: Says you needn't've stalled

Throw it out the window: I'll catch it before it falls

I got the blues so bad: I couldn't sleep last night

My cool kind mama: Want to fuss and fight

Now I'm so glad: That dog can talk

I can't teach him: To take a morning's walk

Now if you don't believe: That I can run mighty fast

Ask that man: That run me last