To Smile when you're happy, to smile when you're sad To look pleasing when mistreated To be calm when you're mad Oh, be forgiving if someone abuse you For the good Lord looks for such Live right each day and smile on your way And it don't cost very much No it don't cost very much well to place a gentle touch To give a glass of water to a pilgrim in need of such Well you may not be an angel and you may not go to church But the good that you do will come on back to you And it don't cost very much Help the cripple man by the wayside Help the blind man across the street Be careful but kind to strangers Speak politely to those you meet To the blind man give him glasses To the cripple man, give him a crutch What you do for yourself You could do for somebody else It don't cost very much No it don't cost very much just to place a gentle touch To give a glass of water to a pilgrim in need of such Oh you may not be an angel and you may not go to church But the good that you do will come on back to you It don't cost very much