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 Watched out for a simple twist of fate He walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well Stopped into a strange hotel With a neon burning bright 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 As she was walking by arcade As the light burst through a beat of shade Where he was waking up She dropped a coin in the cup Of a blind man at the gate And forgot about a simple twist of fate He woke up and the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere Told himself he didn't care And he 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 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 But 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 I lost the ring She was born in spring And I was born too late Blame it on a simple twist of fate And I was born too late To blame it on a simple twist of fate