Simple Twist Of Fate

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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They sat together in the park
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As the evening sky grew dark.
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She looked at him and he felt a spark
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Tingle to his bones.
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'Twas then he felt alone
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And wished that he'd gone straight
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And watched out for that simple twist of fate.
 
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[Verse 2]
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They walked along by the old canal.
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A little confused, I remember well,
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And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright.
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He felt the heat of that night hit him like a freight train
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Moving with a simple twist of fate.
 
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[Verse 3]
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A saxophone someplace far off played
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As she was walking on by the arcade
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And the light bust through a beat up shade
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Where he was waking up.
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She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
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And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
 
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[Verse 4]
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He woke up; the room was bare.
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He didn't see her anywhere.
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He told himself he just didn't care; pushed the window open wide;
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Felt that emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
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Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
 
[Verse 5]
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He hears the ticking of the clocks
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And walks along the city blocks.
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Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
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Where the sailors all come in.
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Perhaps she'll pick him out again, but how long must he wait
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One more time for that simple twist of fate.
 
[Verse 6]
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Some people tell me it's a sin
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To know and feel too much within.
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I always felt she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
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She was born in spring, but I was born too late.
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I blame it on a simple twist of fate.
 
[Outro]
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Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
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she was born too late
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and I blame it on a simple twist of fate