Simple Twist of Fate (Live)

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 that simple twist of fate

They walked along by the old canal

A little confused, I remember well

We 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

Meanwhile, a saxophone somewhere far off played

As she walked the lonely arcade

The light burst 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 that he didn't care, threw the window open wide

Felt the emptiness inside to which he just could not relate

From a simple twist of fate

He walks along to the ticking of the clocks

And walks along with a parrot that talks

And goes 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 for that simple twist of fate

People tell me it's a sin

To know and feel too much within

All I know, she was my twin, I lost the ring

She was born in spring, but I was born too late

Blame it on a simple twist of fate

Blame it on a simple twist of fate

Well, blame it on a simple twist of fate