Simple Twist Of Fate (Live at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, November 11, 1993)

[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

Watched out for that simple twist of fate

[Verse 2]

They walked along by the old canal

A little confused, I remember well

And checked into a cheap 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

[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

Felt an emptiness inside and wished that he'd gone straight

And watched out for that simple twist of fate

[Verse 4]

A saxophone somewhere far off played

As she was walks along the arcade

The sun burst through a beat-up shade back where he was wakin' 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 down by 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 6]

People tell me it's a sin

Know and feel too much within

All I know, she was my twin, and 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, blame it on that simple twist of fate