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Bad Idea Lyrics by Jessie Mueller

Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2016

[JENNA]
It's a bad idea, me and you

[DR. POMATTER, spoken]
I know, I totally agree

[BOTH]
It's a bad idea, me and you

[DR. POMATTER]
I've never known anything so true

[BOTH]
It's a terrible idea, me and you

[JENNA]
You have a wife

[DR. POMATTER]
You have a husband

[JENNA]
You're my doctor

[DR. POMATTER]
You've got a baby coming

[BOTH]
It's a bad idea, me and you
Let's just keep kissing 'til we come to

Heart, stop racing
Let's face it, making mistakes like this will make worse what was already pretty bad
Mind, stop running
It's time we just let this thing go
It was a pretty good bad idea, wasn't it though?

It's a bad idea, me and you
It's a bad idea, me and you
Hold me close while I think this through
Yeah, it's a very poor idea, me and you

Heart, stop racing
Let's face it, making mistakes like this will make worse what was already pretty bad
Mind, stop running
It's time we just let this thing go
It was a pretty good bad idea, wasn't it though?

I know it's right for me
It's the only thing I've ever done
What if I never see myself ever be anything more
Than what I've already become?

[JENNA]
I need a bad idea
I need a bad idea

[BOTH]
I need a bad idea
I need a bad idea
Just one

Heart, keep racing
Let's make mistakes
Let us say "so what?" and make worse what was already pretty bad
This secret is safe
No reason to throw it away when there's love to be had
Hold me tight as I tell myself that you might make sense
And make good what has been just so bad
Let's see this through
It's a pretty good bad idea
Me and you

About “Bad Idea” by Jessie Mueller

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"Bad Idea" is credited to Jessie Mueller. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Bad Idea" appears on "Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2016.

Visit the Jessie Mueller artist page at /artist/drew-gehling for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.


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