Found a note she'd left behind, to which he just could not relate
Once more time for a simple twist of fate
A little confused, I remember it well
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
And walks along through the city blocks
She was walkin' on by the arcade
He woke up and she was gone
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Maybe she'll see him once again, how long must he wait?
It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
To feel too much at any one time
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
Instead of goin' off to sea and leavin' me to meditate
Hunt her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
They walked along by the old canal
All about a simple twist of fate
He got out of bed with his clothes back on, pushed back blind
He didn't see nothing but the dawn
Stopped into an old hotel with the neon burnin' bright
Moving with a simple twist of fate
She heard the melody rise and fade, the sun was comin' up
A clarinet some place softly played
She should have caught me in my prime, she would have stayed with me
People tell me that it's a crime
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
