Oh gentle breeze blow me away, follow the sun
Throughout the day
Please let me see all that is done, brightened by
One who sees it all
One summer night, I sat to count the grains of
Sand within my palm
Stopped to breathe, saw the stars and counted
Them until the dawn
I felt the loneliness of lovers wishing on
Fountains, so I stopped countin'
And I wonder why I ever wondered why
A traveling man searches by day, wonders by
Night throughout the land
Without a plan oh that he may, wish that he
Might to understand
I crouched down low to let the water wash the
Dust off my hand
Only to find it leaving me with nothing more
Than stars and sand
I felt a disregard for knowing what I was missing
So I stopped wishing
And I wonder why I ever wondered why