美国青年歌手卡尔顿(Vanessa Carlton)2岁时无师自通在钢琴上弹出了一首歌曲的旋律，后来喜欢上芭蕾，17岁毕业于舞蹈学校，最终还是走上了歌曲创作与演唱之路。

　　Ordinary day(平常的一天)

　　[It was] just a day, just an ordinary day. / [I was] just trying to get by. / [He was] just a boy, just an ordinary boy, / but he was looking towards the sky. / And as he asked if I would come along, / I started to realize that every day you find / just what he's looking for. / Like a shooting star he shines. / He said: "Take my hand. Live while you can! / Don't you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand?"

　　And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words, / although they did not feel [so], / for I felt what I had not felt before. / You'd swear those words could heal. / And I as looked upsintosthose eyes, / His vision borrows mine…

　　那一天，不过是平常的一天/当时我只是想过平静的生活/而他是个小伙子，不过是个平常的小伙子/可他正仰视着天空……