Look for the bare necessities  The simple bare necessities  Forget about your worries and your strife  I mean the bare necesseties  Old Mother Nature's recipes  That bring 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 tree  To make some honey just for me  When you look under the rocks and plants  And take a glance at the fancey ants  And then maybe try a few  The bare necessities of life  Will come to you  They'll 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 bear can rest at ease  With just the bare necessities of life  Now when you pick a pawpaw  Or prickly pear  And you pick a raw paw  Next time Beware  Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw  When you pick a pear  try to use the claw  When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw  Have I given you a clue?  The bare necessities of life will come to you  They'll come to you!  So just try and relax, yeah cool it  Fall apart in my backyard  'Cause let me tell you something little britches  If you act like that bee acts uh uh  You're working too hard  And don't spend your time lookin' around  For something you want that can't be found  When you find out you con live without it  I'll tell you something true  The bare necessities of life will come to you  They'll come to you!  (repeat first chorus)