They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
Twas then he felt alone and wished that he d gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
They walked along by the old canal
A little confusedI remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin bright.
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin by the arcade.
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
He woke upthe room was bare
He didn t see her anywhere.
He told himself he didn t carepushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in.
Maybe she ll pick him out againhow long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate.
People tell me it s a sin
To know and feel too much within.
I still believe she was my twinbut I lost the ring.
She was born in springbut I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

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