Autumn in Connecticut

(Song)
[CATHY]
Pretty as a postcard, the leaves in fall
Filling up the driveways, the sidewalks, I just adore the feeling of it all

It's autumn in Connecticut
My favorite time of year
Come autumn in Connecticut
The air is crisp and clear
Just feel that extra special sparkle in the atmosphere
Of Hartford

(Spoken)
[JANICE]
Sarah Seeker says that new ballet slippers only cost five dollars. Please can I get them, Mother? Please, can I?

[CATHY]
We'll see

(Song)
Supper for the children at 6:15 (Janice, it's bathtimе! David!)
Lay your father's suit out
Then scoop out
Then rakе the lawn in time for Halloween

(Spoken)
[DAVID]
Aw, shucks! How come Janice doesn't gotta?

[CATHY]
"Doesn't have to," and don't swear

(Song)
It's autumn in Connecticut
A wonderland to me
The splendor of Connecticut
Is everywhere to see
The way October turns New England to a symphony
Of autumn

(Spoken)
[ELEANOR]
Cathy!

[CATHY]
Well, hello stranger. Aren't I seeing you in about three hours time?

[ELEANOR]
You are, but I just left the caterers this instant and had to dash over with the samples for your party next month. Ready?

[CATHY]
Show me

(Song)
[ELEANOR]
Periwinkle blue is dashing
Combined with tangerine
You like?

[CATHY]
I like

[ELEANOR]
Hearts look simply smashing
With avocado green
You like?

[CATHY]
I like

[ELEANOR]
Polka dots are prone to clashing
And buff is far too clean

[CATHY]
Indigo with gray and garnet

[ELEANOR]
You win again, gosh darn it

(Spoken)
All right, so I'll call the caterers in the morning, and honey, we are in business

(Song)
[CATHY]
Everything is changing, yet still the same

[ELEANOR]
This fall, I'm planting Arbor Heidi
It's so practical and tidy

[CATHY]
Nature is evolving
Dissolving
Just like a painted landscape in a frame

[ELEANOR]
And the tulip bed
Is a year ahead

[CATHY]
It's autumn in Connecticut
A place of red and gold
When Heaven made Connecticut
I swear they broke the mold
A place and reason
Why the season
Was invented for
The picture postcard for every candy store
Right by our door
It's all by our door
Here in Connecticut
Can't ask for more