Anne & Gilbert movie - Averil's Ideal lyrics

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Diana: Oh Anne, Averil's Ideal is my favorite thing of everything you've written

Anne: Mine too.

ANNE

When Averil Was A Sweet Young Thing

Her Friends Were Always Whispering

Of Beaux They'd Had And Beaux To Come

But Averil Kept Her Peace

For She Knew There Was More To Life

Than Settling Down As Someone's Wife

She Might Be Lonely, This She Knew

But She Had Things To Do

This Was Her Caprice

Averil Kept Her Peace

When Averil Was But Seventeen

A Handsome Lad Came On The Scene

And He Was Smart And Fair And Kind

But Averil Turned Away

The Signs Were Wrong, She Wanted More

Why He Was Just The Boy Next Door

And She Could Only Find Romance

In Perfect Circumstance

Just Like In A Play

Averil Turned Away

There Had To Be A Tree

There Had To Be Some Rain

A Stranger Would Appear

Exotic And Urbane

And Averil Would Know

And Averil Would Feel

This Gentleman Was Truly

AVERIL'S IDEAL

It truly IS my most romantic story!

DIANA

All except that part about Averil being an old maid for sixty years till she finally meets

The 'Dream Man.'

That might be all right for you, you're always going to be divinely slim.

I'm going to be fat!

ANNE

Diana!

DIANA

Well, I am. My Mother is fat! Every single one of my Aunt's is fat!

There's nothing romantic about a fat old maid!

ANNE

(Meaning the manuscript;)

I want you to keep it.

DIANA

I'll treasure it always.

But Anne, would you REALLY wait sixty years for some ‘ideal man?'

Gilbert seems like an awfully good compromise to me!

ANNE

I Think I'd Need A Tree

And Yes, I'd Want Some Rain

And He'd Be Standing There

Exotic And Urbane

And In A Flash I'd Know

And In A Flash I'd Feel

I Guess I'd Be Like Averil

Finding My Ideal

And In A Flash I'd Know

And In A Flash I'd Feel

I Guess I'd Be Like Averil

Finding My Ideal