Simple Twist of Fate (9/16/74, Take 3A)

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

They walked along by the old canal

A little confused, I remember well

And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright

He felt the heat of her night, hit him like a freight train

Moving with a simple twist of fate

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

He woke up, the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere

He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide

Felt an emptiness inside, to which he just could not relate

Brought on by a simple twist of fate

[Verse 5]

He hears the ticking of the clocks

And walks along with a parrot that talks

Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in

Maybe he'll spot her once again, how long must he wait

One more for a simple twist of fate

[Verse 6]

People tell me it's a sin

To know and feel too much within

I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring

She was born in spring, but I was born too late

Blame it on a simple twist of fate