I met a man I didn't know
that asked me: "How are you doing?"
Shoulda just said, "Fine,"
'cause it's all he wanted to hear
But for reasons unknown in a sorrowful tone I said
"Man, it's been a hell of a year,
And I don't really know where I'm going
And I might just be hanging around
If life's shades of gray
Then I guess you could say
That I've been waiting for a break in the clouds."
I went to go see some gypsy to tell me my future
But she asked for my photograph instead
As I walked through the cold
with my fortune untold I said
"Good luck trying to reach me when I'm dead.
'Cause I don't really know where I'm going
And I might just be hanging around
If life's shades of gray
Then I guess you could say
That I've been waiting on a break in the clouds.
That I've been waiting for a break in the clouds.
I saw the love I used to know swallow me whole
On a day I was out of clean clothes
She sized me up and she said,
"Honey, how is your head?"
I said, "You can't call me honey
but, honey, heaven only knows."
And I don't really know where I'm going
And I might just be hanging around
If life's shades of gray
Then I guess you could say
That I've been waiting for a break in the clouds.
Bet your gonna be findin' a break in the clouds
No, no, no I don't know where I'm going
And I might might might just be hanging around
And if life shades of gray
Then I guess you could say
That I've been waiting for a break in the clouds.