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
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 the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate
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
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
He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along with a parrot that talks Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait Once more for a simple twist of fate
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