A Man Has Dreams - From "Mary Poppins"/Soundtrack Version

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
 Life's a rum go, guv'nor, and that's the truth
 You know what I think? It's that woman, Mary Poppins!
 From the moment she stepped into this 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 what sings:
 A spoonful of sugar
 That is all it takes
 It changes bread and water into
 Tea and cakes
 See, that's exactly what I mean!
 Changing bread and water into tea and cakes, indeed
 No wonder everything's higgledy-piggledy here!
 A spoonful of sugar
 Goes a long, long way
 'Ave yourself a healthy helpin'
 Every day
 An 'ealthy helpin' of trouble if you ask me
 Do 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 high position
 Esteemed by your peers
 And when your little tykes are cryin'
 You haven't time to dry their tears
 And see them grateful little faces
 Smilin' up at you
 Because their dad
 He always knows
 Just what to do
 Like you say, guv'nor...
 You've got to grind, grind, grind
 At 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 'elp the medicine go down
 The medicine go down
 Medicine go down
 Well, goodbye, guv'nor, sorry to have troubled you