Simple Twist Of Fate-Judy Collins

[00:07.35]They sat together in the park [00:10.36]As the evening sky grew dark [00:13.70]She looked at him and he felt a spark [00:16.39]Tingle to his bones [00:19.61]Twas then he felt alone [00:22.69]And wished that he'd gone straight [00:25.91]And watched out for a simple twist of fate [00:33.84]They walked along by the old canal [00:37.26]A little confused I remember well [00:40.60]And stopped into a strange hotel [00:43.42]With a neon burnin' bright [00:46.46]He felt the heat of the night [00:49.97]Hit him like a freight train [00:55.33]Moving with a simple twist of fate [01:01.83] [01:06.51]A saxophone someplace far off played [01:09.85]As she was walkin' home by the arcade [01:13.12]As the light bust through a beat-up shade [01:15.72]Where he was wakin' up [01:18.63]She dropped a coin into the cup [01:22.25]Of a blind man at the gate [01:25.70]And forgot about a simple twist of fate [01:32.64] [01:43.41]He woke up the room was bare [01:47.60]He din't see her anywhere [01:49.90]He told himself he didn't care [01:53.05]Pushed the window open wide [01:56.72]Felt an emptiness inside [02:00.25]To which he just could not relate [02:03.85]Brought on by a simple twist of fate [02:10.19] [02:21.72]He hears the ticking of the clocks [02:24.33]And walks along with a parrot that talks [02:27.77]Hunts her down by the waterfront docks [02:30.94]Where the sailors all come in [02:34.36]Maybe she'll pick him out again [02:38.85]How long must he wait [02:42.67]One more time for a simple twist of fate [02:48.80] [03:09.89]People tell me it's a sin [03:12.99]To know and feel too much within [03:16.42]I still believe she was my twin [03:19.53]But I lost the ring [03:23.29]She was born in spring [03:26.18]But I was born too late [03:30.23]Blame it on a simple twist of fate [03:40.26]