Simple Twist Of Fate (Live at Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, February 19, 1978)

[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, wished that he'd gone straight

Gone about that simple twist of fate

[Verse 2]

They walked along by the old canal

A little confused, I remember well

Checked into a cheap hotel with the neon burning bright

He felt the hеat of the night hit him like a freight train

Moving with a simplе twist of fate

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

He woke up, the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere

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

Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate

Bringing on simple twist of fate

[Verse 4]

A saxophone somewhere far off played

As she walked along the arcade

The sun burst through a beat-up shade back where he was waking up

She dropped a coin into a cup of a blind man at the gate

Forgot about that twist of fate

[Verse 5]

He woke up, the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere

Told himself that he didn't care through the window open wide

Felt the emptiness inside, which he just could not relate

Blame it on a simple twist of fate

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]

Hears the beat of the clocks

Walks along with a parrot that talks

Heads down to the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in

Maybe she'll pick him out again - how long he must wait?

One more time for that simple twist of fate

[Verse 7]

People tell me it's a sin

To know and feel too much within

All I know, she was my twin, but I lost the ring

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

Blame it on a simple twist of fate

[Outro]

Blame it on a simple twist of fate

Oh, blame it on a simple twist of fate

Blame it on a simple twist of fate