Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful Lyrics

This is the song text of the song Spoonful by Howlin’ Wolf. The song was written by Willie Dixon, and first recorded and released in 1960 by Wolf at Chess Records in Chicago. It quickly became one of Howlin’ Wolf’s most famous songs. The track features Hubert Sumlin was on guitar and Otis Spann on piano. In the 1960s, British rock band Cream famously covered Spoonful.

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 a .45
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

Here’s Howlin’ Wolf “Spoonful” on YouTube