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A Man Has Dreams Lyrics by David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke

Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1964

[MR. BANKS, spoken]
A man has dreams of walking with giants, to carve his niche in the edifice of time. 
(sung)
Before the mortar of his zeal
Has a chance to congeal
(spoken)
The cup is dashed from his lips, the flame is snuffed aborning. He's brought to wreck and ruin in his prime. 
[BERT, spoken]
Life is a rum go, Guv'nor, and that's the truth
[MR. BANKS, spoken]
Do you know what I think? It's that woman Mary Poppins! From the moment she stepped into the house, things began to happen to me!
[BERT, spoken]
Mary Poppins?
[MR. BANKS, spoken]
Yes, yes, of course!
(sung)
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
(spoken)
It's that Poppins woman! She did it!
[BERT, spoken]
I know the very person you mean. Mary Poppins, she's the one wot sings:
(sung)
A spoonful of sugar, that is all it takes
It changes bread and water into tea and cakes
[MR. BANKS, spoken]
See that's exactly what I mean! Changing bread and water into tea and cakes indeed! No wonder everything's higgledy-piggledy here!
[BERT]
A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way
'Ave yourself a 'ealthy 'elpin ev'ry day
(spoken)
An 'ealthy 'elping of trouble if you ask me!
[MR. BANKS, spoken]
You know what she did? I realize it now! She tricked me into taking Jane and Michael to the bank. That's how all the trouble started!
[BERT, spoken]
Tricked you into taking the children on an outing?
[MR. BANKS, spoken]
Yes. 
[BERT, spoken]
"Outrageous!" A man with all the important things you have to do. "Shameful!"
(sung)
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 their dad, 'e always knows just what to do
(spoken)
Like you say, Guv'nor...
(sung)
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 up and grown
And then they've flown
And it's too late for you to give
Just that spoonful of sugar to 'elp the medicine go down
The medicine go down, medicine go down
(spoken)
Welp, goodbye Guv'nor. Sorry to trouble you.
Credits
David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

About “A Man Has Dreams” by David Tomlinson

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