They sat together in the park as the evening sky grew dark   She looked at him he felt a spark tingle to his bones   It was when he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight   And watched out for a simple twist of fate      They walked down by the old canal a little confused I remember well   And then they stopped in a strange hotel with the neon burning bright   He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train   And moving with a simple twist of fate      Saxophone some place nearby played she was walking on by at the arcade   As a light burst through a bead of shade   But as he was waking she dropped a coin into a cup of a blind man   That became and both got a bout of a simple twist of fate      He woke up and the room was bear, he didn't see he anywhere   He told himself he didn't care, he pushed the window open wide   He felt an emptiness inside too   He could just not relate but by a simple twist of fate      He hears the ticking of the clocks small waves whisper to the rocks   He hunts her down by the waterfront docks   Where the sailors all come in perhaps he'll see her once again   How long must he wait once more for a simple twist of fate      People tell me it's a crime to feel to much at any one time   All it cost me was a dime but the bells refuse to ring   He was born in the spring but I was born to late to blame   It on a simple twist of fate