I go shopping every day, I buy lots of things   Paper clips and party hats, rubber bands and rings   And when I've picked out what I want and comes the time to pay   They ask me how I want it wrapped and this is what I say      I do not need a bag, I do not need a bag   I do not need a bag, I do not need a bag   To take a brand new bag   Each time I shop's a drag   Thank you kindly but I do not need a bag      I went into the kitchen to fix a bite to eat   I had a taste for something tart or maybe something sweet   But every shelf I opened up and every drawer was stuffed   With supermarket paper sacks and plastic pouches puffed      I do not need these sacks, I do not need these sacks   I do not need these sacks, I do not need these sacks   With all these extra sacks   I cannot find my snacks   Thank you kindly but I do not need these sacks      The trees out in the forest, they are friends to me   They're fun to climb and give me shade and air to breathe   And plastic bags do not biodegrade too well   In landfills and in garbage dumps   They suffocate the Earth...and they smell      So now I take a cotton bag when I go to the store   I've used it many, many times, I'm sure I'll use it more   And every time I use my bag I help to save a tree   If everybody did the same, just think how smart that'd be      We wouldn't waste our bags, we wouldn't waste our trees   We'd have more branching out, we'd have less plastic sleaze   We'd have more bark, less bite, we'd have more piles of leaves   Oh, I'll never take a bag that I don't need      I do not need a bag, I do not need a bag   I do not need a bag, I do not need a bag   To take a brand new bag   Each time I shop's a drag      Thank you kindly but I do not   Thank you kindly but I do not   Thank you kindly but I do not need a bag