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