Without A Believer
‘Without A Believer’ is a song written for Dr. Jim Pomatter in Waitress, that was not used in the final musical, being replaced by the duet, ‘It Only Takes A Taste‘. The demo version was included in the 2019 EP, ‘What’s Not Inside: The Lost Songs From Waitress‘.
Jeremy Jordan performed a cover version of the track to promote the EP, which was released on YouTube.
Lyrics
When I was a boy
Hardly more than 10 years old
My family moved to a small town
And I was destroyed leaving all my friends behind
And if I had the choice‚ we’d’ve stayed put
It’s only now I can see
Sometimes a little change can be good
At the end of the block
The ramshackle diner stood
My after school stop just to pass time
Where I met a girl nearly three times my age
But still she painted my world with her kind words
And soft curves
Just a schoolboy crush
But you remind me of her
She saw something in me
I was lonely and misunderstood
She’d ask me to write down my wildest schemes
And over slices of blueberry pie
I learned to dream
She’d say “What good’s a dreamer, without a believer?“
We all just need someone to care
One who might listen and root for our wishes
Someone to simply be glad that we’re there
What good’s a hand if nobody needs holding?
When everything else falls away
If no one believes her‚ what good’s a dreamer anyway?
Thank god for that place
It practically saved me
Those school kids just didn’t take kind to this stranger
And I was eccentric‚ all grand plans and inventions
That I would’ve just thrown away
By listening she let me have something to say
Oh, what good’s a dreamer without a believer?
We all just need someone to care
Oh, one who might listen and root for our wishes
Someone to simply be glad that we’re there
What good’s a hand if nobody needs holding?
When everything else falls away
If no one believes her‚ what good’s a dreamer anyway?
