Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife Yeah, I mean the bare necessities Old mother nature's recipes That brings the bare necessities of life Wherever I wander, yeah, wherever I roam Mmm, I couldn't be fonder, yeah, on my big home The bees are buzzing in the tree To make some honey just for me When you look under the rocks and the plants And take a glance at the fancy ash Then maybe try a few The bare necessities, a life will come to you Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities That's why a bare can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life With just the bare necessities of life With just the bare necessities of life Now when you pick a paw paw, or a prickly pear And you pick a raw paw, well, next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear, try use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big paw paw Have I given you a clue? Yeah, yeah, yeah The bare necessities of life will come to you They'll come to you Yeah, you They'll come to you Ah, when you find out you can live without it And go along not thinking about it I tell you something true Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities That's why a bare can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life With just the bare necessities of life With just the bare necessities of life Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah The bare necessities of life will come to you