Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?

Lyrics

[TOWNSPEOPLE] 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! [LEO] 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... [LUCILLE FRANK, LEO] 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... [LUCILLE] 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? [LEO] This is wrong, this is wrong It's an eight, not a six... [LUCILLE] 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? [LEO] Yes, Lucille, I am building a life for us... [LUCILLE] For Leo? [LEO] No, Lucille, we cannot have a picnic... [LUCILLE] 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? [LEO] Twenty-three cartons of leads At two-sixty the gross This is wrong, this is wrong I can fix this... [MARY, spoken] Hey [LEO, spoken] Yes? [MARY, spoken] I came for my pay [LEO, spoken] Name? [MARY, spoken] Mary Phagan