"Opening Up" from Waitress, the Musical (2015)
by Sara Bareilles and Jesse Nelson
arr. by Mac Huff
SATB Recording
Original Broadway Recording
Lyrics:
The day starts like the rest we've see
Another carbon copy of an old routine
Days keep coming
One out, one in
They keep coming
I don't know what I wish I had
But there's no time now for thinking things like that
We've got too much to do
Too much to do
All these same things
We're always
Opening up
Letting the day in
Over a cup
We'll say "hello, how ya been?"
Looking around
Seeing the same things
Every day brings
"Hello, how ya been?"
"Thank you, come again!"
Some things never change
I wouldn't call this place a happy end
But I been 'round the block and just came back again
A small town like ours ain't much
But sometimes home is where you end up
Order up!
Ordered up is how the day will find me
Everything in its place and time
And I like the way most of the days look exactly the same
Order up!
Check the clock
Tick, tick tock
Don't stop!
Serve with a smile!
Hurry up, fill the coffee cup
And then in a while
Take a breath when you need to be reminded that with days like these
We can only do the best we can
'Til we do it again
Come on, move it now!
Opening up
Letting the day in
Opening up
Some things never change
"Hello, how ya been?"
"Thank you, come again!"
Some things never change
Opening up
Into a new day
Open to love
Isn't it amazing what comes our way!
One at a time
Everyday falls in line
Learning to love what's on the inside!
Looking around at all of the same things
All of them changing 'cause everything does
Life's rearranging and we're opening up
To what's inside of love.
Waitress is a musical with music and lyrics written by singer/songwriter, Sara Bareilles based on the 2007 film written by Adrienne Shelly. Waitress the musical, had an initial try out at the ART in Cambridge, MA under the direction of Diane Paulus in 2015 and then premiered on Broadway at 2016.