The leaves up on the trees today are green green green And the clouds behind the leaves right now are white as they can be But the sky behind the clouds, it's as blue as cherry pie And it's all the more to sit and wonder why The kids out on the playground they just play play play The mama of the kid that fell can kiss those tears away And the dad don't say a word, he just counts his lucky vows And it's all the more to sit and wonder how The lovers on the benches they just love love love And the old men on the promenade preside like silver doves While the doves and dirty bums eat crumbs of hope and bread And it's all the more to sit and wonder when The runners by the waterside they run run run And the rowers on the water top they skim the top like bugs While the cattails on the shore they blow like Buddha's hair And it's all the more to sit and wonder where The pretty girls with tiny clothes they dare dare dare The boys with pretty skateboard tricks pretend that they don't care And the woman in the grass with the book and purple bruise And it's all the more to sit and wonder who The sun upon the sunset it just glows glows glows The moon takes up its perch and says it's time to get on home And I wish upon a star that it might fill our dreams with dust And it's all the more to sit and wonder what