Leo At Work; What Am I Waiting For?

Strong and sure is the dream of Atlanta
When her brothers are unified!

(in his office at the National Pencil Factory)
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:

(at home, at her dressing table)
Suit and a tie
Terrible quiet
Quite a well-paid position
"Go on, Lucille"
"Bring him his coffee:"

(in counterpart)
Times six, one eight-six
Divide:Seven sixty
God all the noise, and on Yontiff yet
Four cents a girl for the week
And 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-three cartons of leads
At two-sixty the gross
This is wrong, this is wrong
I can fix this:

Hey
(startled) Yes?
I came for my pay
Name?
Mary Phagan.