They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark, She looked at him and felt a spark tingle to her bones. 'Twas then she felt alone and wished that she'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well And stopped into a river front hotel [renovated/cheap/little hotel] with a neon burnin' bright. [threw his wide-brimmed hat on the bed (1981)] [/with a neon burning dim, He [she] felt the heat of the night he looked at her and she looked at him hit him [her] like a freight train with that look that can manipulate Moving down with a simple twist of fate. brought on by a simple twist of fate (1980)]
A saxophone someplace softly played As she was walkin' on by the arcade. She heard a melody rise and fade and the sun was coming up, She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate And forgot about that simple twist of fate.
He woke up, and she was gone He didn't see nothing but the dawn. Got out of bed and put his shoes back on, [clothes/wide-brimmed hat (1981)] pushed back the blinds, Found a note she'd left behind but he just could not relate [/concentrate on] to anything 'cept that simple twist of fate. [/to which he just could not relate, all about that simple twist of fate]
He hears the ticking of the clocks hunts for her through the city blocks [/Looks for her everywhere he walks (1988)] [/people hear him humming as he walks (1997)] Even down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all roll in. Maybe he'll see [spot] her once again, how long must he wait One more time for a simple twist of fate.
People tell me it's a crime To know to much * for too long a time. [think of her/remember her] She should have caught me in my prime, She would have stayed with me. Instead of going off to sea, and leaving me to meditate upon that simple twist of fate.