When Your Friends Are Near

You can't tell a flower not to bloom

Can't keep a mess from finding your room

You can't command your paws to grow

You can't stop the waves at the beach

Can't make the moon come into reach

You can't tell the wind not to blow, but

What we can tell you is pretty clear

It's amazing time after time

When your friends are near

Doesn't matter if you're at the seashore

Doesn't matter if you're lying on the floor

Or bouncing on a trampoline

Doesn't matter if you're here or there

Or there, or here, or really anywhere

And I think you know what I mean

What does matter is pretty clear

Any place is a happy space

When your friends are near

When your friends are near

Forget all the crazy hullabaloo

Forget all the things you thought you'd do

And forget those plans you tried to make

Forget the acorns, forget the carved ice

Forget it now, then forget it twice

Just don't forget to cut your cake

Remember this, Gustavo dear

Don't get all arty, it's always a party

When your friends are near

When your friends are near

When your friends are near

When your friends are near