Spoonful

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Spoonful by Howlin' Wolf

About Spoonful

"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Dixon's "Spoonful" is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by Charley Patton (Paramount 12869), which is related to "All I Want Is a Spoonful" by Papa Charlie Jackson (1925) and "Cocaine Blues" by Luke Jordan (1927). The lyrics relate men's sometimes violent search to satisfy their cravings, with "a spoonful" used mostly as a metaphor for pleasures, which have been interpreted as sex, love, or drugs. .

Spoonful Lyrics

[00:12.79] It could be a spoonful of diamond,
[00:21.54] It could be a spoonful of gold,
[00:25.46] Just a little spoon of your precious love,
[00:29.70] Satisfy my soul.
[00:33.67] Men lies about little,
[00:37.29] Some of them cries about little,
[00:41.22] Some of them dies about littles,
[00:45.47] Everything fight about a spoonful,
[00:49.70] Dat spoon, dat spoon, dat ...
[00:57.96] It could be a spoonful of coffee,
[01:01.65] Could be a spoonful of tea,
[01:06.26] But a little spoon of your precious love,
[01:10.18] Good enough for me.
[01:13.78] Men lies about that,
[01:17.45] Some of them dies about that,
[01:21.48] Some of them cries about that,
[01:25.68] But everything fight about a spoonful.
[01:30.28] That spoon, dat spoon, dat ...
[01:46.44] It could be a spoonful of water,
[02:02.03] Saved from the deserts sand,
[02:05.99] But one spoon of them fortifies.
[02:10.56] Save you from another man.
[02:13.83] Men lies about that,
[02:17.88] Some of them cries about that,
[02:21.73] Some of them dies about that,
[02:26.56] Everybody fightin' about a spoonful.
[02:30.21] That spoon, dat spoon, dat ...
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From the album: Blues Legends