Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities 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 fancy ants Then maybe try a few Are you putting me on? The bare necessities of life will come to you You okay, Marshall? I have a few itches on me... And I have to keep scraching them 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 When you pick a paw-paw Or a prickly pear And you prick 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 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 ? The bare necessities of life will come to you They’ll come to you! They’ll come to you! They’ll come to you! They’ll come to you!