When Your Friends Are Near

You can't tell a flower not to bloom
Can't keep a mess from finding a room
You can't command your pulse 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
Ooh, ooh

Doesn't matter if you're at the sea shore
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