Hit him like a freight train
He woke up, the room was bare
With a neon burnin' bright
How long must he wait
Felt an emptiness inside
And stopped into a strange hotel
Tingle to his bones
Moving with a simple twist of fate
Where the sailors all come in
He din't see her anywhere
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
And wished that he'd gone straight
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
A saxophone someplace far off played
But I lost the ring
She was born in spring
A little confused, I remember well
'Twas then he felt alone
She looked at him and he felt a spark
She dropped a coin into the cup
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
Where he was wakin' up
People tell me it's a sin
They walked along by the old canal
Pushed the window open wide
Of a blind man at the gate
To which he just could not relate
He felt the heat of the night
I still believe she was my twin
He told himself he didn't care
To know and feel too much within
And walks along with a parrot that talks
As she was walkin' home, by the arcade
Maybe she'll pick him out again
And watched out, for a simple twist of fate
One more time for a simple twist of fate
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
He hears the ticking of the clocks
But I was born too late
