Leo at Work / What Am I Waitin...
2023 Broadway Cast Recording
Lyrics
Ever more lives the dream of Atlanta
Ever more Her eternal pride!
Strong and sure is the dream of Atlanta
When Her brothers are unified!
Twenty-eight boxes of caps
At four dollars the gross-
This is wrong, this is wrong
I can fix this- wait
Nine more boxes in back
Twenty-eight minus nine
And then thirty-one girls on the line...
Suit and a tie... Times six, one eighty six...
Terribly quiet... Divide... seven sixty...
Quite a well-paid position God- all the noise
"Go on, Lucille..." And on Yontiff yet...
"Bring him his coffee..." Four cents a girl for the week...
At ten cents an hour...
Mama, he's comin' around today-
Mama, he's at the door!
Mama, I don't know what I should say...
"Well, what are you waitin' for, Lucille?"
What am I waiting for?
This is wrong, this is wrong
It's an eight, not a six...
House and a maid-
Two sets of China-
Everything I was wishin'-
New winter coat-
Real ermine collar
Who would have known, Lucille?
Married so well, Lucille?
How can he want me, so plain, so prim?
How can he be so sure?
Don't I wish I could be sure like him?
Like Leo?
Yes, Lucille, I am building a life for us...
For Leo?
No, Lucille, we cannot have a picnic...
Didn't my wishes come true for me
The day he walked through the door?
Isn't he all that I knew he'd be?
Brilliant and filled with humility?
Loyal and stable as any tree?
So why do I wait for more?
What am I waiting for?
Twenty-three cartons of leads
At two-sixty the gross
This is wrong, this is wrong
I can fix this...
Hey
Yes?
I came for my pay
Name?
Mary Phagan
WRITERS
Jason Brown
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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