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Shannon’s Top 150 Favorite Disney Songs

• 51. The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book (1967)

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 buzzing 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…
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They’ll 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

Now when you pick a pawpaw 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 pair of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue? 

The bare necessities of life will come to you

So just try and relax, cool it, fall apart in my backyard
‘Cause let me tell you something, little britches
If you act like that bee acts — uh uh, you’re working too hard

And don’t spend your time looking around
For something you want that can’t be found

When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinking about it
I’ll tell you something true —

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They’ll come to you