The year of why?

 The year of why?

My car goes nought to sixty

In under seven seconds

My car has four exhausts 

All wonderful but why?

My house has seven bedrooms

For the four of us 

And many bathrooms too

All wonderful but why?

I’ve got this marvelous watch

That tells the lunar time

It cost but fourteen grand

All wonderful but why?

I’m running fifteen companies

I’m aiming to run more

I’ve lost the count of what I own

All wonderful but why?

I’ve got a vineyard in the south

I see it once a year

If I’m not busy in the north

All wonderful but why?

I had a life when I was young

I could touch and taste and feel

Now I’m skimming over life

Above a misty sea. 

I wonder what it’s like to pause

And ease the race and stop the noise 

To  center down, to clear the fog

Excuse me now, I can’t be late. 

I’m on my deathbed now

With a million in the bank 

And cars and watches too

All wonderful but why?