Simple Twist of Fate

They sat together in the park

As the evening sky be dark

She looked at him and he felt a spark

Tingle to his bones, it was then he felt alone

And wished that he'd gone straight

Watch out for a simple twist of fate

They walked along by the old canal

Was so confused, I remember well

Stopped into a strange hotel

With a neon burning bright

He felt the heat of the night

It hit him like a freight train

Moving with a simple twist of fate

A saxophone someplace far off played

She is walking under the arcade

The light bust through a beat-up shade

Where he was waking up

She dropped a coin into the cup

Of a blind man at the gate

Forgot about a simple twist of fate

He woke up and the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere

He told himself that 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 a ticking of the clock

And 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

Oh, how long must he wait

One more time 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 God, I lost the ring, she was born in spring

But I was born too late

Blame it on the simple twist of fate