Wow...i'm on board with that cutting blues hash tag. The lyrics have the key element of the blues - bad luck, lol Janele, you have the prefect timbre to your vocals for this emotive raw blues singing...this was a treat! 😎

I absolutely LOVE this line:"I know that you can get your luck somewhere else." 😀 That's excellent writing! And of course, your voice is on a rollercoaster ride with total smoothness. What a talent.

Hey Janele! This song is a mighty fine mix of Americana and blues! You had me from the first words! Your vocals are very lovely and strong! "Waiting On My Luck" is a killer title/hook! Chorus is quite catchy! This song has it all! Great work!!

Serious song, and well done (of course). "still waiting on my four leaf clover" is a killer line. The dependence on luck is a dead end and that comes through in the story. Reminds me of the weekly lotto queue for a retirement strategy. Applause!

Very cool rhythm and vocal delivery. Feel weighty. That chorus is great. Already singing along! Very groovy and very good. Loved the high notes!

Nice write! "gotta keep what your dealt" underlines the POV character's irresolvable dilemma sharply.

Excellent melodies over an accompaniment that moves the song along crisply.

Can definitely see this as an open mic and shaking steady an otherwise bored, chattering room as looks of "what?!" and "awesome" turn to lock on your performance of this write, @becooljanele !

So much cool going on in these lyrics, Janele, and how it all truly stuns in music and vocal reveal. So dug those chorus lines: "But I’m still waiting on my lucky penny, baby/No use in cryin' gotta keep what you’re dealt." Chilling, revealing, solid. How those lines so highlight what I saw as the crux of this storyteller's story--shedding subliminal light on just who the storyteller is, what that storyteller might have encountered in life (to this point), and shows an underlying absolute strength the storyteller has for having made it through life until now, and, with a helping hand always extended--despite trials encountered. Golden!

All here has similar-like expression, I think, and gives one thought-provoking feelings in line with that of Springsteen's "Reason to Believe." Two different overall song styles, yes, but, nonetheless, both having that "it" song underbelly, and fab connection factor to listeners.

I find your performance here different from so many others I've listened to thus far this FAWM. Different in the fact that this song as you sing presents/gives a true down-to-earth busking-like raw quality that shines 100%. Here's to you bottling different during FAWM and working it so well to entertaining, Janele!

You should try bringing my "Dear Santa" lyric to life as a collab. A different song style (and required vocals, in a sense) than what you have here with your "Waiting On My Luck" performance, but it's that "different style" I feel you could ace, because you so crushed that here for what I felt a different style of song than I've encountered this FAWM, as I earlier mentioned. Check out my "Dear Santa, let me know if you're up to taking it on. No prob if "no," just asking. https://write.fawm.org/songs/31140

Really nice groove! The vocals and guitar sounds great! A lot of confidence in your voice and lyrics. I like it!