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 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 wakin´ up
She dropped a coin into the cup
Of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate

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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 sailors 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