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Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For? Lyrics by Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond, Parade Cast

Parade (2023 Broadway Cast Recording)

2023

[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
Credits
Ben Platt

Ben Platt

Micaela Diamond

Micaela Diamond

Parade Cast

Parade Cast

About “Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?” by Ben Platt

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"Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?" appears on "Parade (2023 Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2023.

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