All day long you can turn away from the sun You can stay inside and wait for the night until dawn All day long you can think of what has to be done And sure it is easy to ignore what you've got 'till it's gone Oh, but please go outside where the sun awaits your skin And the birds await your ears for you to hear them sing And go to the beach where your friends await your stories And their jokes await your laughter and the fire needs your songs All day long you should live by the rules of that poem you got From that girl in the bar who knew it by heart but forgot The name of the guy who wrote it but I didn't care a lot He said count your blessings and never the things that you haven't got He said please go outside where the sun awaits your skin And the birds await your ears for you to hear them sing And go to the beach where your friends await your stories And their jokes await your laughter and the fire needs your songs He said please go outside where the sun awaits your skin And the birds await your ears for you to hear them sing And go to the beach where your friends await your stories And their jokes await your laughter and the fire needs your songs