| 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 necesseties
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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
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| 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 When you look under the rocks and plants
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| And take a glance at the fancey ants
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| And then maybe try a few
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| The bare necessities of life
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| Will come to you
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| They’ll come to you!
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| 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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| That’s why a bear can rest at ease
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| With just the bare necessities of life
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| Now when you pick a pawpaw
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| Or prickly pear
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| And you pick 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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| When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
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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!
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| So just try and relax, yeah cool it Fall apart in my backyard
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| 'Cause let me tell you something little britches
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| If you act like that bee acts uh uh You’re working too hard
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| And don’t spend your time lookin' around
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| For something you want that can’t be found
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| When you find out you con live without it
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| I’ll tell you something true
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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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| (repeat first chorus) |