[00:30.44]They sat together in the park
[00:34.29]As the evening sky grew dark
[00:37.54]She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
[00:44.83]It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
[00:51.47]And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
[00:58.76]They walked alone by the old canal
[01:02.31]A little confused I remember well
[01:05.81]And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
[01:12.05]He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
[01:18.97]Moving with a simple twist of fate.
[01:27.07]A saxophone someplace far off played
[01:30.37]As she was walking on by the arcade
[01:33.32]As the light bust through a-beat-up shade where he was waking up
[01:39.67]She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
[01:47.40]And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
[02:22.41]He woke up the room was bare
[02:25.90]He didn't see her anywhere
[02:29.19]He told himself he didn't care pushed the window open wide
[02:35.33]Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
[02:42.97]Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
[02:49.97]He hears the ticking of the clocks
[02:53.41]And walks along with a parrot that talks
[02:56.80]Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in
[03:02.76]Maybe she'll pick him out again how long must he wait
[03:10.05]One more time for a simple twist of fate.
[03:17.14]People tell me it's a sin
[03:20.48]To know and feel too much within
[03:23.88]I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
[03:30.47]She was born in spring but I was born too late
[03:37.73]Blame it on a simple twist of fate.