Artist
Howlin' Wolf
Lyrics
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.
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.
RS500_rank
219
Length
2:45
BPM
119.9
Released Year
2003
Genre Era
Genre
Key
E m
Produced By
Leonard and Phil Chess
Released Info
June '60 on Chess
Chart Weeks
Non-single
Musicbrainz ID
35a64ca0-2426-5129-ecc8-622993b59601
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Willie Dixon
Album
His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection<br/>(Chess)
Song Status
Chess do-it-all Dixon wrote "Spoonful" for the Wolf in 1960. "It doesn't take a large quantity of anything to be good," said Dixon. The Wolf, however, did not cheat on the heavy manners when he devoured the song in the studio with his mad-animal growl.