I can fool them with a smile But my eyes never lie See, when those blues hunt me down It's impossible to hide I can't dream of better times no It don't work when you're this low When those blues come around I'm better off on my own Alone and waiting Waiting for the fog to lift Waiting for the fog to lift It blows in uninvited Smokey ribbons all adrift And it starts me on a longing For a life that don't exist I can't tell what's up or down no 'Cause that melancholy's thick When those blues come around I can't give them the slip So just leave me waiting Waiting for the fog to lift I know better than to fight it it'll go when it goes Waiting, I'll be better off all alone While I wait for the fog to lift Just leave me waiting, waiting for the fog to lift Waiting, I'll be waiting for the blues to blow There's no use in me trying to fight it I'll just wait for the fog to lift