Music by Maury Laws, Glenn Yarbrough
Lyrics by Jules Bass, Glenn Yarbrough

It's so easy not to try,
Let the world go drifting by.
If you never say hello,
You won't have to say goodby.

It's so easy not to try,
Never stay around to cry,
Move along when [bad word] 
Like a mindless butterfly.

For what good is it to love
When the loving always ends?
Travel on the road that's straight,
Not the one with hills and bends.

It's so easy not to try,
Let the world go drifting by.
If you never say hello,
You won't have to say goodby.