Simple Twist Of Fate (Live at Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, February 19, 1978)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones 'Twas then he felt alone, wished that he'd gone straight Gone about that simple twist of fate [Verse 2] They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well Checked into a cheap hotel with the neon burning bright He felt the hеat of the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simplе twist of fate [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] He woke up, the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere He told himself that he didn't care, through the window open wide Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate Bringing on simple twist of fate [Verse 4] A saxophone somewhere far off played As she walked along the arcade The sun burst through a beat-up shade back where he was waking up She dropped a coin into a cup of a blind man at the gate Forgot about that twist of fate [Verse 5] He woke up, the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere Told himself that he didn't care through the window open wide Felt the emptiness inside, which he just could not relate Blame it on a simple twist of fate [Instrumental Break] [Verse 6] Hears the beat of the clocks Walks along with a parrot that talks Heads down to the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in Maybe she'll pick him out again - how long he must wait? One more time for that simple twist of fate [Verse 7] People tell me it's a sin To know and feel too much within All I know, she was my twin, but I lost the ring She was born in spring, and I was born too late Blame it on a simple twist of fate [Outro] Blame it on a simple twist of fate Oh, blame it on a simple twist of fate Blame it on a simple twist of fate