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