格雷迪是大学的英文教授。多年前格雷迪因写就一部成功的获奖小说被人们赠予“奇迹小子”的雅号。从那以后，格雷迪一直未有新作出版，虽然箱底已经封存一部小说数年，但他因为害怕失败一直未予公开发表。格雷迪参加了英文系主任沃尔特举办的聚会。在聚会上格雷迪得知他的情人萨拉怀了他的骨肉。萨拉是沃尔特的妻子，又是这所大学的校长。这一切对于格雷迪而言简直是晴天霹雳。同时，格雷迪又生出不少烦恼。一是害怕他的写作课学生詹姆斯·里尔冲击他的文学地位，一是他的编辑克莱特里催着格雷迪赶快交出一部成功的小说。这一切让这位大学教授烦透了。
A worried man with a worried mind
一个脑中满是担忧的男人
No one in front of me and nothing behind
前后无人
There‘s a woman on my lap and she‘s drinking champagne
有个女人坐在我的怀中喝着香槟
Got white skin got assassin‘s eyes
白皙皮肤，杀手的眼睛
I‘m looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
I‘m well dressed waiting on the last train
我一身光鲜，等待着最后的那趟列车
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
我站在绞刑架上，头套在绞索中
Any minute now I‘m expecting all hell to break loose
现在的任何一分钟，我期待着地狱的降临
People are crazy and times are strange
人们都太疯狂，时间太诡异
I‘m locked in tight I‘m out of range
我被紧紧锁住，在射程之外
I used to care but things have changed
我曾经关心，但一切已经物是人非

This place ain‘t doing me any good
这个地方不再是我的故乡
I‘m in the wrong town I should be in Hollywood
我在错误的城市，我应该在好莱坞
Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
一瞬之间，我以为我看到有什么东西在舞动
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag
要去上舞蹈课，学会那吉特巴
Ain‘t no shortcuts gonna dress in drag
没有捷径，只能穿着拖拽着
Only a fool in here would think he‘s got anything to prove
只有一个傻瓜才会认为他有一切东西可以证明
Lot of water under the bridge Lot of other stuff too
桥下有的是水，还有其他的东西

Don‘t get up gentlemen I‘m only passing through
不要放弃，先生，我只不过是个过客

People are crazy and times are strange
人们都太疯狂，时间太诡异
I‘m locked in tight I‘m out of range
我被紧紧锁住，在射程之外
I used to care but things have changed
我曾经关心，但一切已经物是人非

I‘ve been walking forty miles of bad road
我走了四十英里的崎岖路
If the bible is right the world will explode
如果圣经是正确的，那这个世界就要爆炸
I‘ve been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
我曾尝试过离我自己越远越好
Some things are too hot to touch
有些东西太过炙热

The human mind can only stand so much
人的大脑只能承担这么多
You can‘t win with a losing hand
你不可能用一副烂牌赢
Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
感觉好像是第一次爱上一个女人
Putting her in a wheel barrow and wheeling her down the street
把她装进手推车里，推着她走下去
People are crazy and times are strange
人们都太疯狂，时间太诡异
I‘m locked in tight I‘m out of range
我被紧紧锁住，在射程之外
I used to care but things have changed
我曾经关心，但一切已经物是人非

I hurt easy I just don‘t show it
我很容易受伤，但我从不让人看见
You can hurt someone and not even know it
你可以伤害别人而并不自知
The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
接下来的六十秒可以变成永远
Gonna get low down gonna fly high
想要低调，还是想要华丽
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
这世界所有的真实加在一起比成了一个弥天大谎
I‘m love with a woman who don‘t even appeal to me
我和一个我并不爱着的女人爱着
Mr Jinx and Miss Lucy they jumped in the lake
I‘m not that eager to make a mistake
我没有那么冲动的要犯错误
People are crazy and times are strange
人们都太疯狂，时间太诡异
I‘m locked in tight I‘m out of range
我被紧紧锁住，在射程之外
I used to care but things have changed
我曾经关心，但一切已经物是人非