Simple Twist of Fate

[Verse 1]

They sat together in the park

As the evening sky grew dark

She looked at him and 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]

Walked alone 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 the night

Hit him like a freight train

Moving like a simple twist of fate

[Verse 3]

Saxophone played off far away

As she was walking on 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 and the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere

He told himself he didn't care

Pushed the window open wide

And felt the 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

Walks along with a parrot that talks

Hunts her down by the waterfront docks

Where the sailors all come in

Maybe she'll pick him out again

How long must he wait?

One more time for a simple twist of fate

[Verse 6]

People tell me it's a sin

To know too much, to feel too much within

I still believe it, she was my twin

But I lost the ring

She was born in the spring

But I was born too late

Moved on by a simple twist of fate