[Chorus]
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

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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 brings the bare necessities of life

[Spoken]
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.