[00:03.936]They sat together in the park
[00:10.423]As the evening sky grew dark,
[00:15.176]She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
[00:21.938]'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
[00:29.173]And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
[00:38.181]They walked along by the old canal
[00:41.927]A little confused, I remember well
[00:45.922]And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright.
[00:52.424]He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
[01:00.935]Moving with a simple twist of fate.
[01:08.184]A saxophone someplace far off played
[01:12.682]As she was walkin' by the arcade.
[01:17.432]As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up,
[01:23.429]She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
[01:31.422]And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
[01:40.179]He woke up, the room was bare
[01:57.930]He didn't see her anywhere.
[02:02.179]He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide,
[02:08.928]Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
[02:16.926]Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
[02:24.424]He hears the ticking of the clocks
[02:28.439]And walks along with a parrot that talks,
[02:32.920]Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in.
[02:39.681]Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait
[02:47.179]Once more time  for a simple twist of fate.
[02:54.180]People tell me it's a sin
[02:58.673]To know and feel too much within.
[03:02.682]I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
[03:09.936]She was born in spring, but I was born too late
[03:17.421]Blame it on a simple twist of fate.