Simple Twist Of Fate

They sat together

In the park

As the evening sky grew dark

She looked at him

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 down by the old canal

Got a little confused, I remember well

And then they stopped

In a strange hotel

With the neon burning bright

He felt the heat of 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 the arcade

As a light burst through a beat up shade

But he was waking up

She dropped a coin into a cup

Of a blind man at the gate

And forgot about a simple twist of fate

He woke up

And the room was bare

He didn't see her

Anywhere

He told himself

He didn't care

He pushed the window

Open wide

He 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

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 too 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 too late

To blame it on

A simple twist of fate