Mary Poppins movie - A Man Has Dreams lyrics

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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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