"We're Friends" is the fourth song in Big World! Big Adventures!.
Lyrics[]
Original version[]
- We're friends!
- Thomas: Anywhere I go
- Seems like you're gonna go there too
- Anything I do
- You're always gonna do that too
- It doesn't really matter where I may be
- I always get this funny feeling that you're following me.
- Nia: (spoken) But Thomas!
- Nia and the Coffee Trucks: We're friends
- Nós somos os melhores amigos (We are the best friends)
- We're friends
- Sim, o melhor dos amigos (Yes, the best of friends)
- We're friends
- É se não somos amigos (It's if we're not friends)
- We're friends
- No fim eu aposto que seremos amigos (In the end I bet we'll be friends)
- We're friends!
- Nia: Anywhere you go
- I really wanna go with you
- Anything you do
- I'll be there to help you too
- Let's stick together we are stronger as two
- Let's stick together that's what good friends do!
- Nia and the Coffee Trucks: We're friends
- Nós somos os melhores amigos (We are the best friends)
- We're friends
- Sim, o melhor dos amigos (Yes, the best of friends)
- We're friends
- É se não somos amigos (It's if we're not friends)
- We're friends
- No fim eu aposto que seremos amigos (In the end I bet we'll be friends)
- We're friends!
- The Coffee Trucks: Hey, hey olé
- Hey, hey olé
- Hey, hey olé
- Hey, hey olé
- Olé!
- Olé!
- Olé!
- Olé!
- Thomas: (spoken) Why do you have to be so nice to everyone?
- Nia: (spoken) I'm just saying hello.
Reprise version[]
- Thomas and Nia: We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends!
- Thomas: Anywhere I go
- I hope you gonna go there too
- Anything I do
- Please won't you come and do it too
- Nia: It doesn't really matter where we may be
- It makes me really happy knowing that you'll be there with me
- Thomas and Nia: We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends
- We're friends!
- Hey, hey, hooray
- Hey, hey, hooray
- Hey, hey, hooray
- Hey, hey, hooray
- Hooray, hooray
- Thomas and Nia: We're friends
- Nós somos os melhores amigos (We are the best friends)
- We're friends
- Sim, o melhor dos amigos (Yes, the best of friends)
- We're friends
- É se não somos amigos (It's if we're not friends)
- We're friends
- No fim eu aposto que seremos amigos (In the end I bet we'll be friends)
- We're friends!
- Nós somos os melhores amigos (We are the best friends)
- We're friends
- Sim, o melhor dos amigos (Yes, the best of friends)
- We're friends
- É se não somos amigos (It's if we're not friends)
- We're friends
- No fim eu aposto que seremos amigos (In the end I bet we'll be friends)
- We're friends!
- ...
- Thomas and Nia: We're friends, we're friends, we're friends, we're fr- (Thomas gasps)
- Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Donald and Douglas, Oliver, Emily, Diesel, Daisy and Philip: We're friends, we're friends, we're friends, we're friends, we're friends!
- (engines whistling and cheering)
- Douglas and Oliver: Hooray!
- Donald: Hooray!
Characters[]
Reprise version[]
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Duck
- Donald and Douglas
- Oliver
- Emily
- Nia
- Diesel
- Daisy
- Philip
- Mr. Percival
- Rajiv (cameo)
- Yong Bao (cameo)
- Shankar (cameo)
- Sodor Brass Band (cameos)
- The Mayor of Sodor (cameo)
- Sir Robert Norramby (cameo)
- Fergus Duncan (cameo)
- The Thin Clergyman (cameo)
- The Fat Clergyman (cameo)
- Charubala (cameo)
- The Teacher (cameo)
Locations[]
Reprise version[]
- Island of Sodor
- Vicarstown Bridge
- Knapford
- Sodor Steamworks (portrait)
- Vicarstown Dieselworks (map only)
- Sodor Castle (map only)
- China
- India
- Russia
- Red Square
- Italy
- France
- Arc de Triomphe
- Eiffel Tower
- The Mainland
- Buckingham Palace
- Big Ben
Cast[]
Original version[]
- John Hasler as Thomas (UK)
- Joseph May as Thomas (US)
- Patricia Kihoro as Nia
- Yvonne Grundy as Nia's speaking voice
- Gabriel Porras as the Brazilian Tank Engine, the Coffee Trucks and Various South American Voices
- Kevin Roberge, Matthew Krevat, James Falkanger, Kerry Falkanger, J.J. Falkanger, Alexa Falkanger, Keelin Falkanger, Nick Sheets, Michelle Sheets, Romeo Shaw, Jon Boylan, Shannon Plummer-White, Michelle Johnson and Mary Reilly as the Coffee Trucks
Reprise UK version[]
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon and the Thin Controller
- Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby and Donald
- Nigel Pilkington as Percy
- Steven Kynman as Duck
- Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
- Teresa Gallagher as Emily and Daisy
- Patricia Kihoro as Nia
- Kerry Shale as Diesel
- Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
Reprise US version[]
- Joseph May as Thomas
- William Hope as Edward and Toby
- Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Diesel and Mr. Percival
- Rob Rackstraw as James and Donald
- Christopher Ragland as Percy
- Steven Kynman as Duck
- Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
- Jules de Jongh as Emily
- Patricia Kihoro as Nia
- Teresa Gallagher as Daisy
- Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
Trivia[]
- Some lines are not in English; specifically they are in Portuguese.
- The reprise of this song was the last to feature Patricia Kihoro as Nia's singing voice. Yvonne Grundy, Nia's speaking voice actor, would perform her future singing roles.
- This song was uploaded on Mattel Korea's official channel, on Junior Naver, and on Naver TV in South Korea but in the English version.
- This song was never dubbed in Korean however, they added subtitles while playing it on Big World! Big Adventures!.
- This song was uploaded on the Latin American YouTube channel with a differently arranged instrumental, no vocals and with different footage.
- At the end of the reprise, Donald, Douglas and Oliver can be heard shouting "Hooray!". These are their last lines in the original series, let alone their only line in the special (aside from singing).
In Other Languages[]
Language | Title |
---|---|
Czech | Přátelé |
Finnish | Kamuin |
German | Du bist mein Freund |
Japanese | ともだち |
Korean | 우리는 친구 |
Latin American Spanish | Amistad ¡Somos Amigos! |
Polish | Ty Wiesz |
Spanish | Amigos |