It Don’t Cost Very Much Mahalia Jackson

[Verse 1]
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, someone abuse you
For the good Lord looks for such
Live right each day and smile on your way
It don't cost very much

[Verse 2]
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
As you do for yoursеlf
You can do for somebody else
It don't cost vеry much

[Verse 3]
Oh, 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
Oh, you may not be an angel
And you may not go to church
But the good that you'll do
Will come back to you
It don't cost very much