Do I Need It

Do I need it?
Or just want it?
Who convinced me that I need it
And why do I want it?
Will it make my world a better place
Or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Oh, do I need it?
Or just want it?

Those TV commercials are telling me
I need to buy lots more,
but I can’t figure out what I’d need
those fifteen cell phones for…

Our dining suite is older than me,
our furniture doesn’t blend,
but I can’t throw out stuff that’s good
just because of the latest trend

Do I need it?
Or just want it?
Who convinced me that I need it
And why do I want it?
Will it make my world a better place
Or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Oh, do I need it?
Or just want it?

Those convenient plastic shopping bags
are fluttering in the trees,
so I’ve started to use my old cloth bags
to move my groceries…

Spring water sold in plastic bottles
Is really quite the fad
But water from my tap tastes just as good
And using less Polyethylene Terephthalate isn’t bad

Do I need it?
Or just want it?
Who convinced me that I need it
And why do I want it?
Will it make my world a better place
Or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Oh, do I need it?
Or just want it?

I’ll admit that I’m a Tim Horton’s junkie
Had my share of those disposable cups
But now I take my travel mug along
And I ask them to fill ‘er up…

How many books in my personal library
sit there still unread?
My life would be less cluttered if
I used my library card instead

Do I need it?
Or just want it?
Who convinced me that I need it
And why do I want it?
Will it make my world a better place
Or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Oh, do I need it?
Or just want it?

How many computers, TV’s and stereos
does one family really need?
It’s time I learned to live with just enough
instead of giving in to greed…

A wardrobe from the Sally Ann
can be as good as buying new.
That way I’m not creating consumer demand
and there’s money in my pocket, too

Do I need it?
Or just want it?
Who convinced me that I need it
And why do I want it?
Will it make my world a better place
Or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Oh, do I need it?
Or just want it?

Our lives are filled with so much stuff
This song could go on and on
But if we think before we buy
I’d be singing half as long.

So I’m not gonna buy things on a whim
I’m gonna think things through
If I can live with less, I’ll reduce my stress
And lighten my workload, too…

If I don’t need it,
I don’t want it.
No one convinced me that I need it, So I won’t buy it.
Gonna help my planet get “out of the woods”
By refusing to use up so many goods
‘Cause I don’t need so much stuff,
And I don’t want it.
I don’t need so much stuff
And I don’t want it, ohhh no!

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