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<p>172.69.34.83: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Less Can Be More''' is a song written by [[Maury Laws]] (music) and [[Jules Bass]] (lyric) and performed by [[Glenn Yarbrough]] for the [[1980]] animated movie [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'']]. The song plays after [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] refuses to claim the [[One Ring]], over a montage of him fantasising about a simple life with his family in the Shire after the Ring's destruction.<br /> <br /> ==Lyrics==<br /> &lt;poem style=&quot;font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;&quot;&gt;<br /> Less can be more,<br /> And small can be beautiful,<br /> For life isn't all<br /> Just big and wonderful.<br /> <br /> And what do I need,<br /> When you get right down to it?<br /> All my cares come from greed,<br /> And it's time that I knew it.<br /> <br /> Things I can't do without<br /> Are the small things that life is all about.<br /> <br /> Less can be more,<br /> And small can be beautiful,<br /> I don't want it all;<br /> Just part of wonderful.<br /> <br /> For what do I need,<br /> When you get right down to it?<br /> Just a garden and seed,<br /> And the love to pursue it.<br /> <br /> Things I can't do without<br /> Are the small things that life is all about.<br /> &lt;/poem&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Return of the King (1980 film) soundtrack]]</div>

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