A Man Has Dreams - David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke

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 wreck and ruin in his prime

Life is a rum go, Guv’nor, and that’s the truth.

Do you know what I think?

It’s Mary Poppins!

From the moment she stepped into

the house, things began to happen to me!

Mary Poppins?

Yes, yes, of course!

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

It’s that Poppins woman!

She did it!

I know the very person you mean.

Mary Poppins, she’s the one wot sings…

A spoonful of sugar that is all it takes

It changes bread and water into tea and cakes

A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way

'Ave yourself a 'ealthy 'elpin ev’ry day

An 'ealthy 'elping of trouble if you ask me!

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!

Tricked you into taking the children on an outing?

Yes.

«Outrageous!"A man with all the important things you have to do. «Shameful!»

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 Well I, look I… I don’t think I…

Like you say, Guv’nor…

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

Just a spoonful of sugar 'elps the medicine go down

In a most delightful way…