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 sailors all come in

Maybe she ' ll pick him out again

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 but I was born too late

Blame it on a simple twist of fate