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Havana Is Waiting by Eduardo Machado Tae Lisrary OF Brown Universrry ® SAMUEL # FRENCH New YORK HotNKOOD LONDON TonosTo SAMUELFRENCH.COM ‘The set is a dark blue, The set pisces are winimal. When ‘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, ah HAVANA 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?

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