FAWM: "I GUESS"

I GUESS

2025 by @conuladh

Liner Notes

The phrase 'That's the way the cookie crumbles' has been bouncing around in my brain for a few years, trying to attract my attention. It succeeded tonight and made into this hastily scribbled ditty. Music to be added soon. UPDATE Feb 14: I have just edited the original lyrics and added a simple guitar part to make this #acousticonetake recording. The next incarnation will have more intricate finger picking style and finer tuned lyrics. The phrase 'got the nuts' is a term I got last night from a poker-playing pal. It's a guaranteed winning hand where you know you have the best of all the the remaining possibilities - unless the get the calculation wrong. That's all I know about poker 😂

Lyrics

‘I GUESS’

The unrolled sliver held a message Tread careful, lest you stumble An ominous sign but never mind I guess that's how cookie crumbles How it crumbles

Thought I’d be living high life Once again, I got it so wrong Sure I was going to win big But I am hopelessly lost

Ivory tumbling, bouncing on green Numbers random - beyond my control Losing every bill - headed for a spill Guess that’s the way the dice roll The way they roll

Kid yourself about what lies ahead At very best it’s a guess Expecting huge changes of fortune From no evidence

Once I was high on a winning streak I had money to burn Blew the bunch on a hunch I guess that’s how the wheel of fortune turns How it turns

Think you got the nuts but mis-counted You lucky coin that don’t falls right They're the breaks, you can’t avoid them I guess, I guess that’s life I guess, I guess that’s life I guess, I guess that’s life That’s life

Comments

@andygriff 2025

Super imagery in this lyric Paddy, hoping there's a tune coming! I can totally empathise with those stored up phrases that keep nagging for our attention 😄

@celineellis 2025

Such poetry in those lyrics Paddy - cant wait to hear it with the music added! Especially loved ‘felt like I was closer to becoming, but i guess I am completely lost’