The Negative

‘The Negative’ 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 has not yet been released; Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle and Kimiko Glenn perform the Original Broadway Cast Recording version.

Lyrics

[Becky]
Jenna, time to pee on a stick!

[Jenna]
Wh-? I don’t wanna know!

[Becky]
Come on, honey, you’ve waited long enough!

[Becky and Dawn]
Get to it and do it!

[Jenna]
Okay girls, enough!

[Becky and Dawn]
You know what we mean

[Dawn]
I hope you drank enough this morning

[Becky]
Come on, sweetie, it’s better to know
We’ll be right here with you, so

[Dawn]
Whether It’s no or it’s yes
But either way you gotta take the test

[Becky]
A squat and a squeeze
A prayer and a please
It’s nothing

[Dawn]
A stick and a line

[Jenna]
Just one of ’em, if I’m lucky

[Becky and Dawn]
A pot and a piss
Here we go, sis
And we’ll keep our focus on

[All]
The negative!

[Becky]
Read the instructions

[Dawn]
Se puede saber la duración

[Becky]
In English!

[Dawn]
Do not insert the test stick into your vagina

[Becky]
Wow, thank you, Dawn

[Jenna]
How’d I ever get myself in this mess?
One drunk night in that stupid red dress

[Dawn]
Aww, I love that red dress!
The way it sparkles, it looks like an ice skating outfit

[Becky]
Stay with us, Dawn!

[Dawn]
Maybe his machinery is broken somehow?
What if his boys don’t swim?
I mean, wow! Miraculous, yeah?!

[Becky]
Yeah, miraculous!
To get away with an unprotected f…

[Jenna]
Funny how one night can ruin your whole life

[Becky and Dawn]
Don’t go there yet, we don’t know what the test says

[Jenna]
I’m already panicked

[Becky]
Just calm down, goddamnit!

[Dawn]
Maybe it’ll all be fine

[Becky and Dawn]
Maybe there’ll be just one line

[All]
Come on, negative!

[Dawn]
I thought you don’t sleep with your husband much anymore?

[Jenna]
Well, he got me drunk
I do stupid things when I drink, like sleep with my husband

[Becky]
Honey, we’ve all made that mistake

[All]
Focus on the negative!

[Becky]
This will all be alright

[Dawn]
It was only one night

[Jenna]
Someone, send me a sign

[Becky and Dawn]
One line, one line!

[All]
That means the test is ready, this is it…

[Jenna]
Shit