Mary Poppins movie - A Man Has Dreams lyrics
rate me<br>
Mr. Banks:<br>
A man has dreams of walking with giants<br>
To carve his niche in the edifice of time<br>
Before the mortar of his zeal<br>
Has a chance to congeal<br>
The cup is dashed from his lips<br>
The flame is snuffed aborning<br>
He's brought to rack and ruin in his prime<br>
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My world was calm, well ordered, exemplary<br>
Then came this person, with chaos in her wake<br>
And now my life's ambitions go with one fell blow<br>
It's quite a bitter pill to take<br>
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Bert:<br>
A spoonful of sugar that is all it takes<br>
It changes bread and water into tea and cakes<br>
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A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way<br>
'Ave yourself a 'ealthy 'elpin' ev'ry day<br>
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You're a man of 'igh position<br>
Esteemed by your peers<br>
And when your little tykes are cryin'<br>
You 'aven't time to dry their tears<br>
And see them grateful little faces<br>
Smilin' up at you<br>
Because their dad, 'e always knows<br>
Just what to do<br>
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You've got to grind, grind, grind<br>
At that grindstone<br>
Though child'ood slips like sand through a sieve<br>
And all too soon they've up grown<br>
And then they've flown<br>
And it's too late for you to give<br>
Just that spoonful of sugar<br>
To 'elp the medicine go down<br>
The medicine go down, the medicine go down.<br>
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[Thanks to Eddie Samson for corrections]<br>
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