[Originally by Bob Dylan]

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
It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight

And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

They walked alone by the old c!@#^

A little confused I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train

Moving with a simple twist of fate.

A saxophone someplace far off played

As she was walking on by the arcade
As the light bust through a-beat-up shade where he was waking up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate

And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

He woke up the room was bare

He didn't see her anywhere
He told himself he didn't care pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate

Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

He hears the ticking of the clocks

And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out again how long must he wait

One more time for a simple twist of fate.

People tell me it's a sin

To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
She was born in spring but I was born too late

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.