Don't worry about my politics 不要担心我的政治

They are what they are 他们是什么，他们都

I work best when I get some rest 我工作最好的时候，我得到了一些休息

Right now I'm in a bar 现在我在一家酒吧

Overlooking the whole wide world 俯瞰着整个世界

It's over the Pacific 这是在太平洋

I've never written when I was drunk 我从来没有写的时候我喝醉了

This could be terrific! 这可能是了不起的！

   

And the seabird struggles in the wind 而在风中挣扎的海鸟

She topples, balances again 她倾倒，再平衡

   

The lady sitting next to me 这位女士坐在我旁边

Is gazing in the eyes 在眼睛注视着

Of the stranger sitting next to her 陌生人坐在她旁边的

Who is mouthing truths and lies 谁在唱衰的真理和谎言

He's actually quite nice I guess 他其实挺不错的我猜

He has an honest look 他有一个诚实的外表

He doesn't know I've lost my mind 他不知道我已经失去了我的心

Scribbling in this book 涂鸦在这本书

   

And the seabird struggles in the wind 而在风中挣扎的海鸟

She topples, balances again 她倾倒，再平衡

   

Consumed by the evening's masterpiece 在当晚的杰作消耗

Completely introverted 完全内敛

From here I could stare down eternity 在这里，我可以盯着下来的永恒

Leave alone and not feel deserted 请假单，不觉得冷清

I'm tired of interesting faces 我已经厌倦了有趣的面孔

And the dull ones make my weep 与沉闷的人让我流泪

Don't ask me what my sign is 不要问我有什么标志是

Instant intimacy runs cheap 即时亲密低价运行

   

The ocean is so bountiful 海洋是如此丰富多样

It spreads from coast to coast 它传播从东海岸到西海岸

The winds scale off the whitecaps 风剥落的白浪

And the things I love the most 和我喜欢的东西，最

Come wafting up into my lap 来吧飘出了我的怀里

In the colors of the great sunrise 在伟大的日出的颜色

Children holding cupcakes 拿着蛋糕儿童

With paradise in their eyes 与天堂在他们眼里

   

And the seabird struggles in the wind 而在风中挣扎的海鸟

She topples, balances again 她倾倒，再平衡

   

Four big pelicans just flew by 四大鹈鹕刚刚飞过

The room got very still 房间里变得非常仍在

One of them carried the breath of God 其中一人将神的气息

Tucked way back in his bill 藏，早在他的法案

I know it was the breath of God 我知道这是上帝的气息

It's the same as the secret of life 这是一样的生命的秘密

He's carrying it off to the Shah of Iran 他背着它关闭伊朗国王

To trade it for the end of strife 要为冲突的结束它的贸易

   

And the seabird struggles in the wind 而在风中挣扎的海鸟

She topples, balances again 她倾倒，再平衡