A Soft Place To Land

‘A Soft Place To Land’ is a song performed by Jenna, Becky and Dawn in Waitress, whilst Jenna is taking a pregnancy test. A studio recording of Sara Bareilles performing the song was released on her album, ‘What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress‘. Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle and Kimiko Glenn perform the Original Broadway Cast Recording version.

Lyrics

[Jenna]
Sugar 
Sugar, butter, flour 

Sometimes I still see her 
My mother, the dreamer 
She’d say: “Nothing’s impossible, child” 

[Jenna, Becky & Dawn]
A dream needs believing 
To taste like the real thing 
Like some stranger you recognise 

[Becky & Dawn]
So pure 

[Jenna]
So pure, so electric 

[Becky & Dawn]
So electric 

So sure 

[Jenna]
So sure, so connected 

[Becky & Dawn]
So connected 

[Jenna, Becky & Dawn]
To those little believers inside 
May we all be so lucky 

But dreams are elusive 
The kind we’ve gotten used to is 

[Jenna]
Nothing I can feel 
[Dawn]
Nothing I can hold 
[Becky]
Nothing I can have 
[Jenna]
Nothing that I know 

[Jenna, Becky & Dawn]
Dreams come and they go 

[Jenna]
But hold them and keep them 
[Becky & Dawn]
But hold them and keep them 

[Jenna]
And know that you need them 
[Becky & Dawn]
And know that you need them 

[Jenna]
When your breaking point’s all that 

[Jenna, Becky & Dawn]
You have 

A dream is a soft place to land 
May we all be so lucky 

[Jenna]
Sugar, butter, flour