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 brings 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 take a glance at the fancy ants then maybe try a few the bare necessities of life will 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 just try and relax yeah in my backyard cause let me tell ya boy you re workin too hard don t spend your time lookin around for something you want that can t be found when you find out you can live without it and go along not thinkin about it i ll tell you somethin true the bare necessities of life will come to you just try and relax yeah in my backyard cause let me tell ya boy you re workin too hard don t spend your time lookin around for something you want that can t be found when you find out you can live without it and go along not thinkin about it i ll tell you somethin true the bare necessities of life will come to you