Basic Human Needs

And wouldn’t it be neat if the people that you meet had shoes upon their feet
and something to eat
and wouldn’t it be fine, now if all of human kind had shelter
Basic Human needs, basic human deeds, doing what comes naturally
Down in the garden, when no one is apart
Deep down in the garden, the garden of your heart
Wouldn’t it be grand if we all lend a hand so each one of us could stand on a
free piece of land
and wouldn’t it be thrilling if folks stopped their killing and started in
tilling the land
Basic Human Needs, basic human deeds, doing what comes naturally
Down in the garden, when no one is a apart
Deep down in the garden, the garden of your heart
Not just churches, not just steeples, give me peoples helping peoples
Help your self and work out till the stars begin to shout, thank god for
something to do
Wouldn’t it be daring if folks started sharing, instead of comparing,
what each other was wearing
And wouldn’t it be swell if people didn’t sell their mother earth
Basic Human needs, basic human deeds, doing what comes naturally
Down in the garden, when no one is apart
Deep down in the garden, the garden of your heart