Children Of Coincidence

if i hadn't made a left hand turn

if you hadn't made a right

if i'd waited just a moment more

if you'd missed the light

if that car had never blown its horn

if that friend had stopped to talk

we'd have never met at all

if i didn't take that walk

i'd have gotten there too early

you'd have gotten there too late

we are children of coincidence

coincidence and fate

crossed connection, lost connections

empty corners, crowded intersections

accidents and incidents

we're children of coincidence and chance

if he hadn't stopped to pick it up

if she hadn't dropped her book

when she took it, if she'd noticed him

how come we never look?

if she hadn't been so very white

if he hadn't been so black

would she smile and say hello to him?

would he have turned his back?

if she cancelled her appointment

would he break his other date?

we are children of coincidence

coincidence and fate

crossed connection (repeat chorus)

if the planets were in perfect place

if your sign was on the rise

if my stars were in complete accord

but the sun was in your eyes

you'd have only seen my shadow

as i passed you on the street

and it might have been a hundred years

before our souls would meet again

and we would still be strangers

too early and too late

we are children of coincidence

coincidence and fate.