Simple Twist of Fate Lyrics by Bob Dylan

0:30They sat together in the park

0:34As the evening sky grew dark

0:37She looked at him and he felt a spark

0:40Tingle to his bones

0:44'Twas then he felt alone

0:46And wished that he'd gone straight

0:51And watched out for a simple twist of fate

0:58They walked alone by the old canal

1:02A little confused, I remember well

1:05And stopped into a strange hotel

1:08With a neon burning bright

1:12He felt the heat of the night

1:15Hit him like a freight train

1:19Moving with a simple twist of fate

1:26A saxophone someplace far off played

1:30As she was walking on by the arcade

1:33As the light bust through a beat up shade

1:36Where he was waking up

1:40She dropped a coin into the cup

1:43Another blind man at the gate

1:47And forgot about a simple twist of fate

1:50♪

2:23He woke up, the room was bare

2:26He didn't see her anywhere

2:30He told himself he didn't care

2:32Pushed the window open wide

2:36Felt an emptiness inside

2:39To which he just could not relate

2:43Brought on by a simple twist of fate

2:50He hears the ticking of the clocks

2:54And walks along with a parrot that talks

2:57Hunts her down by the waterfront docks

3:00Where the sailors all come in

3:03Maybe she'll pick him out again

3:07How long must he wait?

3:11One more time for a simple twist of fate

3:18People tell me it's a sin

3:21To know and feel too much within

3:25I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring

3:31She was born in spring

3:34But I was born too late

3:38Blame it on a simple twist of fate

3:43♪