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Dear Baby Lyrics — Jessie Mueller | Dork

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Jessie Mueller
Dear Baby Lyrics

Lyrics

Dear Baby

From Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)2016

Written by Sara Bareilles

Produced by Jill Dell’abate, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles

Lyrics

Dear Baby

[JENNA, spoken] Dear baby If you ever wanna know the story of how we bought your crib I’ll tell you Your crib was bought with the money I was gonna use to buy us a new life The Springfield Pie Contest is starting next week! And you and I will not be in attendance

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About this track

"Dear Baby" is a song by Jessie Mueller from the album Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording), released in 2016. The song was written by Sara Bareilles. It was produced by Jill Dell’abate, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles.

Jessie Mueller profile →Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording) album →Track profile →

Contributors

Meg Toohey— 63 credits as acoustic guitar →
Yair Evnine— 43 credits as acoustic guitar →
Jack Mason— 56 credits as producer →
Nate Odden— 56 credits as assistant engineer →
Thom Beemer— 24 credits as assistant engineer →
Scott Skrzynski— 210 credits as assistant mixing engineer →
Lee Nadel— 26 credits as songwriter & producer →

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Neal Avron— 1,052 credits as songwriter & producer →

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