A Man has Dreams (The Life I Lead)(A Spoonful of Sugar) Lyrics

A man has dreams of walking with giants
To carve his niche in the edifice of time
Before the mortar of his zeal
Has a chance to congeal
The cup is dashed from his lips
The flame is snuffed aborning
He's brought to rack and ruin in his prime

My world was calm, well ordered, exemplary
Then came this person, with chaos
In her wake
And now my life's ambitions go
With one fell blow
It's quite a bitter pill to take

A spoonfull of sugar goes a long, long way
'Ave yourself a 'ealthy 'elpin' ev'ry day

You're a man of 'igh position
Esteemed by your peers
And when your little tykes are cryin'
You 'aven't time to dry their tears
And see them grateful little faces
Smilin' up at you
Because thei rdad, 'e always knows
Just what to do

You've got to grind, grind, grind
At that grindstone
Though child'ood slips like sand through
A sieve
And all too soon they've flown
And it's too late for you to give
Just that spoonful of sugar to 'elp
The medicine go down
The mediine go dow-wown, medicine do
Down