Simple Twist of Fate

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 It was 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 it well Stopped into an old hotel with the neon burnin' bright He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate A clarinet some place softly played She was walkin' on by the arcade She heard the melody rise and fade, the sun was comin' 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 and she was gone He didn't see nothing but the dawn He got out of bed with his clothes back on, pushed back blind Found a note she'd left behind, to which he just could not relate All about a simple twist of fate He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along through the city blocks Hunt her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in Maybe she'll see him once again, how long must he wait? Once more time for a simple twist of fate People tell me that it's a crime To feel too much at any one time She should have caught me in my prime, she would have stayed with me Instead of goin' off to sea and leavin' me to meditate Upon a simple twist of fate