A Man Has Dreams / Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)

Lyrics

[MR. BANKS, spoken] I used to dream that when I grew up, I'd learn everything there was to know about the stars. It's funny - I haven't thought about all that in years. I'm not usually sentimental [BERT] Ah, it's good to look back sometimes [MR. BANKS] Is it? I'm not so sure (sung) A man has dreams Of working with giants To carve his niche In the edifice of time Before the mortar of his seal Has a chance to congeal The cup is dashed from his lips The flame is snuffed aborning He's brought to wrack and ruin in his prime [BERT, spoken] Life's a rum go guv'nor, and that's the truth [MR. BANKS] Do you know what I think? It's Mary Poppins - from the moment she stepped into this house, things began to happen to me [BERT] Mary Poppins, eh? [MR. BANKS] Yes, yes of course! (sung) My world was calm Well-watered, exemplary Then came this person With chaos in her wake And now my life's ambitions go In one fell blow It's quite a bitter pill to take (spoken) It's that Poppins woman she's responsible for all this [BERT] I know the very person - what's that thing she's always saying? (sung) A spoonful of sugar that is all it takes It changes the bread and water into - Tea and cakes [MR. BANKS] There, you see, that's exactly what I mean! Changing bread and water into tea and cakes, indeed. No wonder everything's coming unstrung around here [BERT, sung] A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long, way So have yourself a healthy helping everyday [MR. BANKS, spoken] A healthy helping of trouble, if you ask me [BERT] Like you say, guv'nor (sung) You've got to grind, grind, grind in that grindstone Though childhood slips Like sand through a sieve And all too soon They've up and grown And then they've flown And it's too late for you to give Just that spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down The medicine go down The medicine go down (spoken) Well, good luck guv'nor [MR. BANKS] Thank you - Bert - and good luck to you too