They sat together in the park As the evening sky be 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 Watch out for a simple twist of fate They walked along by the old canal Was so confused, I remember well Stopped into a strange hotel With a neon burning bright He felt the heat of the night It hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate A saxophone someplace far off played She is walking under the arcade 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 Forgot about a simple twist of fate He woke up and the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere He told himself that 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 a ticking of the clock And walks along with a parrot that talks Hunts her down by the waterfront docks Where the sailors all come in Maybe she'll pick him out again Oh, 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 God, I lost the ring, she was born in spring But I was born too late Blame it on the simple twist of fate

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 along by the old canal A little confused, I remember it well Stopped into an old hotel with the neon burnin' bright He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate A clarinet some place softly played She was walkin' on by the arcade She heard the melody rise and fade, the sun was comin' 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 and she was gone He didn't see nothing but the dawn He got out of bed with his clothes back on, pushed back blind Found a note she'd left behind, to which he just could not relate All about a simple twist of fate He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along through the city blocks Hunt her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in Maybe she'll see him once again, how long must he wait? Once more time for a simple twist of fate People tell me that it's a crime To feel too much at any one time She should have caught me in my prime, she would have stayed with me Instead of goin' off to sea and leavin' me to meditate Upon a simple twist of fate

Look away while you still can Close your eyes, say goodbye to this strange land You never thought you had it good And high school was just football games and processed food You've been picking through the weeds too long Surrounded by the echoes of a dream gone wrong And running through the fields that led To nothing but a song you're singing in your head Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name You got 90 miles out of town When you started thinking you should turn the car around And go back home to your reckless dad Maybe this time he'll convince you that it's not so bad But then you snapped back down from outer space And stared into the rear view mirror at your face Your swollen eyes and beaded sweat Tattoos on your forehead and around your neck Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name Maggie, are you listening in your blue Ford Escape? Hopefully your car will live up to its name

A long, long time ago in a little Texas town Eve made her way to the field below To have a look around, girls, to have a look around Down, down Evedid go, further in the fields When she heard a voice singing sweet and low Dig in with your heels, girl, dig in with your heels Eyes wide, heart inside like a gavel comin' down All around her brain was the sweet refrain Keep following the sound, girl, keep following the sound They'll try to take you for a ride They'll muddy all the good you've got inside They'll twist your heart until it's black and blue But don't let 'em keep you down, girl Don't let 'em keep you down Miles, miles Eve did go, when at last she came upon The source of the sound in the watery ground And the night was coming on, girls, the night was coming on Through the wilderness and the cypress trees And the night birds all around She made her way to the river's edge And her mother there she found, girls, her mother there she found Eyes wide, heart inside like a gavel comin' down When her mother said, come and rest your head I'll tell you what I've found, girl, I'll tell you what I've found They'll try to take you for a ride They'll muddy all the good you've got inside They'll twist your heart until it's black and blue But don't let 'em keep you down, girl Don't let 'em keep you down