Havana Is Waiting
by
Eduardo Machado
Tae Lisrary OF
Brown Universrry
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‘they are in a car ov plane there are no sects. The dru
mor is on stage
The time is 1999,
Scene 1
For ny friend
ud Yassallo LIGHTS UP. NEW YORK.
(FEDERICO, « man in his fortes. He seams to be sus
pended in the air all we see is his face. Drums play, he
chants and talks.)
FEDERICO. I land there,
see it,
the world fills me sweetly
Ab. Ah. Ah,
Enraptured
in such a precarious
aream
Can it be? Is this me?
Ah
ah
ah,
I'm loose now
T choose now
‘To be with you darling,
Don’t dangle the future
no meaning in that,
Ym captured in a rapturous
rhapsody,
ahHAVANA 18 WAITING
ah
ah
aah,
Is me, dear
I'm home now
T'm free now,
To be just
like me now.
Oh darling
in Spanish
don't speak more in English
no meaning in that,
ay
ay aaay,
When you've reached
your promised land.
Where the people oftea dance.
on
On
On,
Acuantame carino,
eres dulee mi vida?
Soy yo, amor!
No llores,
Llegue a mi hogar! Estoy en mi hogar?
Mi casa
Estoy en mi casa?
Nol No casa
No!
Ayl
Ayl Ay!
No.
HAVANA IS WATTING
No home
Its all lost
my dating
you left me
Like T always knew you would
why am T not any good?
Why can’t I hold onto you?
Orie
Or her?
Or me?
'm beginning to awake now
Like I always knew I would.
The sun shines
in bed now and
alone
Still so far away from home.
Ay, Nol
On
Ab, abt
My eyes clear
I focus.
And Isce
I'mall alone,
Should I just get up and pee?
Why do good things come in dreams?
no home now.
‘And for sure
Tknow you left me,
Like I always knew you would.
Like I always knew you would.
Like Talways knew your would,
1ué pasa? ¢Queé pasa?