| Look for the bare necessities
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| The simple bare necessities
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| Forget about your worries and your strife
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| I mean the bare necessities
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| Old Mother Nature’s recipes
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| That bring the bare necessities of life
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| Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
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| I couldn’t be fonder of my big home
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| The bees are buzzin' in the tree
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| To make some honey just for me
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| When you look under the rocks and plants
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| And take a glance at the fancy ants
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| Then maybe try a few
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| The bare necessities of life will come to you
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| They’ll come to you!
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| Now when you pick a paw-paw
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| Or a prickly pear
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| And you prick a raw paw
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| Next time beware
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| Don’t pick the prickly pear by the paw
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| When you pick a pear
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| Try to use the claw
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| But you don’t need to use the claw
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| When you pick a pear of the big paw-paw
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| Have I given you a clue?
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| The bare necessities of life will come to you
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| They’ll come to you! |