Bob Dylan Lyrics

Album: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

Simple Twist Of Fate Lyrics

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 canal

 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.