Released: November 2, 2018
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Phil Ramone
[Verse 1]
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
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse 2]
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright
He felt the heat of her night, hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Verse 3]
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin' by the arcade
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe he'll spot her once again, how long must he wait
One more for a simple twist of fate
[Verse 6]
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
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
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse 2]
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright
He felt the heat of her night, hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Verse 3]
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin' by the arcade
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe he'll spot her once again, how long must he wait
One more for a simple twist of fate
[Verse 6]
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
more tracks from the album
The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks
- If You See Her, Say Hello (9/16/74, Take 1)
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (9/17/74, Take 1, Remake)
- Idiot Wind (9/19/74, Take 4, Remake)
- Meet Me in the Morning (9/19/74, Take 1, Remake)
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (9/16/74, Take 2)
- Buckets of Rain (9/18/74, Take 2, Remake)
- You’re a Big Girl Now (9/16/74, Take 2)
- Shelter from the Storm (9/17/74, Take 1)
- Simple Twist of Fate (9/16/74, Take 3A)
- Tangled Up in Blue (9/19/74, Take 3, Remake 3)
- Up to Me (9/19/74, Take 2, Remake)
From the album
Bob Dylan popular songs
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm