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 alone by the old canal
  A little confused I remember well
  And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning 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 walking on by the arcade
  As the light bust through a-beat-up shade where he was waking 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 sailers 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.