When you’ve had enough Of maniacs and hustlers, Of fakes and phonies And smooth talking hucksters It’s time to pull back And sort through the weeds To find the flowers And see what you need.
Not what you want, That’s something different. If your needs aren’t met Life can get belligerent. You need breath and water And some other great stuff Or you stop living a lot And that is rather rough.
Once we move from needs The rest are all your wants And you can live without them Despite all your rowdy taunts. How many times have you heard I need coffee when I wake up? That is a case of your want That comes in a handy cup.
Or, I need to buy cigarettes But that isn’t really true. You don’t think you’ll die without I mean, not really, do you? Or, I need some ice cream now Or a cruller or two or three. That doesn’t sound fatal Unless you do that daily.
So, the best thing you can do For your one and only body Is to try your best to keep The thing from getting shoddy By separating the things That your body best deserves And realize that ignoring wants Does nothing but get on nerves.
With that clearing of your head And setting of new priorities The Big Things of the day Turn into pesky minorities. Suddenly you see that you Can choose who to ignore And then see what you need And need for nothing more.