Just a semi normal person 只需一个半正常的人

Thought he had the future planned 认为他的未来计划

Then he won some silly sweepstakes 然后，他赢得了一些愚蠢的抽奖活动

Now he had a hundred grand 现在，他有一百个大

Never stopped to think of taxes 永远不要停下来思考的税收

He was gone before they knew 他走了以后，他们才知道

With a flair for old romantics 有天赋的老浪漫

To the Orient he flew 向东方飞去，他

   

When they fueled in Papeete 当他们在推动帕皮提

Place a call to Big Mamou 拨打电话给大马木

With an honest explanation 以诚实的解释

Just to tell the whole damn truth 只是告诉整个该死的真相

It's his one chance in a million 这是他在一万元一个机会

Who'd deny the simple fact 谁都会否认的简单事实

Twas no use to talk it over 特瓦没有用商量一下

He'd be home when he got back 他会回家，当他回来

   

Now he's somewhere over China 现在，他在中国的某个地方

Lookin' down on all the trails 看着他倒在所有的路径

On the mountains lookin' back at him 山上回头看着他

It's a real live fairy tale 这是一个活生生的童话

Put a little distance 放一点点的距离

Between causes and effects 原因和结果之间

Like a day old fortune cookie 像一个天大的幸运饼干

Askin' who or what comes next 阿斯金谁或下一步怎么走

   

What the hell did Marco Polo think 什么是地狱没马可波罗认为

When he ran into the wall 当他跑入墙

Or the crazy flying tigers 或疯狂的飞虎队

Doin' spins and loops and stalls 上来的旋转和循环和摊位

Just a taste for something different 不同的东西只是一种味道

Perking up a boring day 振作起来令人厌烦的一天

Now our man from Louisiana 现在，我们的人从路易斯安那州

Feels exactly the same way 感觉完全相同的方式

   

They're all somewhere over China 他们都是地方在中国

Shanghai or old Peking 上海或北京的老

On a plane or a boat in an envelope 在一个信封飞机或船

Real adventure has it's ring 真正的冒险有它的环

Just to put a little distance 只是把一点点的距离

Between fact and fantasy 现实与幻想之间

Still six thousand miles away from 尽管如此6000英里离

where I really want to be 在这里我真的想成为

How I would love to drive the shuttle 我多么爱开车穿梭

Just to feel the engines roar 只感觉引擎轰鸣

And to operate the levers 和操作杆

That control the payload doors 用于控制载荷门

I could buzz the Himalayas 我可以嗡嗡叫喜马拉雅

Barrel roll above Hong Kong 桶滚上述香港

Set her down in San Francisco 将她打倒在旧金山

To the clanging of the gong 为了锣的叮当声

   

We're all somewhere over China 我们都在某个地方中国

Headin' east of headin' west 航向西方航向东“

Takin' time to live a little 羚牛生存时间一点点

Flying so far from the nest 从巢至今飞

Just to put a little distance 只是把一点点的距离

Between causes and effects 原因和结果之间

Like an ancient fortune teller 就像古代算命

Knowin' who and what comes next 深深地知道谁，下一步怎么走