Simple Twist Of Fate (Live at Madison Square Garden, NYC, November 15, 1991)

[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

Checked into a cheap hotel with a neon burnin' bright

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

Moving to the 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, threw the window open wide

He felt the emptiness inside to which he just could not relate

Brought on by a simple twist of fate

[Verse 4]

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 the cup of a blind man at the gate

And forgot about that simple twist of fate

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]

He hears the ticking of the clocks

Walks along with a parrot that talks

Heads her 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 a simple twist of fate

[Verse 6]

People tell me it's a sin

To know and feel too much within

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

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

Blame it on that simple twist of fate

[Outro]

Blame it on that simple twist of fate

Oh, oh, blame it on that simple twist of fate