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