[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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 hеat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simplе twist of fate

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
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

[Verse 6]
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

[Outro]
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
Well, blame it on a simple twist of fate