It Only Takes A Taste – Drew Gehling & Jessie Mueller (from “Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” soundtrack)

[Dr. Pomatter:]
You know what’s kinda funny? Just seeing you, sitting here, all by yourself in your uniform

You remind me of a girl I once knew
Gah, by now she’s well in middle age
Probably 41, 42

[Jenna:]
Huh, thank you?

[Dr. Pomatter:]
What? Oh my god no no no no
She was a waitress at a shop I used to frequent quite a lot
Nice teeth and small hands and snuck me goodies I couldn’t afford then
She was sweet too
Reminds me of you

[Jenna:]
Hmm… oh, well, nobody ever really notices me that way, so…

[Dr. Pomatter:]
Somebody did, right?

[Jenna:]
Hmm?

[Dr. Pomatter:]
No because you have the, the baby, you’d…

She’d make the pies fresh every day
Like you, I guess but I must say
If pies were books yours would be Shakespeare’s letters
You remind me of her, but better

It only takes a taste
When it’s something special
It only takes a taste
When ya know it’s good
Sometimes one bite is more than enough
To know you want more of the thing you just got a taste of

[Jenna:]
That reminds me of a thing we would say
Me and my momma in the kitchen when we’d bake
She’d say Jenna, you can tell the whole story with a taste

[Dr. Pomatter:]
Yeah! no that’s exactly what I mean
I swear that as those flavours mixed and melted I could hear the sirens sing
It was truly something special – one taste and I want the whole thing

I must say
It felt like I was carried away
Intoxicated, made me escape the room I was in
I can’t help but wonder how your hands must have felt
Creating such a masterful thing

[Jenna:]
Just one bite
Caused all that wondering

[Dr. Pomatter:]
It only takes a taste

[Both:]
It only takes a taste when you know it’s good
Sometimes one bite is more than enough
To know you want more of the thing you just got a taste of