Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?

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, and on "Yontiff" yet)
"Go on Lucille (Four cents a girl for the week)
Bring him his coffee" (At ten cents an hour)

Straight from New York, Lucille!
Isn't he smart, 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?

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-tree 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