Look for the bare necessities Those simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife (I mean those) bare necessities Old Mother Nature's recipes That brings the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam I couldn't be fonder of my big home The bees are buzzin' in the trees To make some honey just for me When you look under the rocks and plants And take a glance at the fancy ants And maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
(Look for the) bare necessities Those simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife (I mean those) bare necessities Old Mother Nature's recipes That brings the bare necessities of life
And don't spend your time lookin' around For something that can't be found When you find out you live without it Go along not thinkin' about it I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you
(Look for the) bare necessities Those simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife (I mean those) bare necessities Old Mother Nature's recipes That brings the bare necessities of life
(Look for the) bare necessities Those simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife (I mean those) bare necessities Old Mother Nature's recipes That bring the bare necessities of life
{In a cave you can sleep forever. Without a song to wake you the world is muffled and far away. Yet there it was, distant but familiar as the beating of his own heart, the words of humanity. The voice of Compassion.}