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Mix - Fake News: Petit Fourth
Medium: Television
Fandom: The Colbert Report
Subject: Charlene (and "Stephen")
Title: Petit Fourth
A character soundtrack for the revised State of Grace. Charlene was Stephen's childhood best friend; took off for Paris when he started getting creepy; spent a couple of years wandering the world and leveling up her cooking skills; then returned to find out if she could make a home for herself as the fourth corner of his queer polyamorous love quadrangle.
CHRIS CAGLE | CHICKS DIG IT
When Stephen and Charlene were kids, they were best friends. Adventures included.
Daddy's belt, Mama's drapes
Standin' tall on the backyard shed lookin' cool in my Superman cape
I told the neighborhood girls, I said, hey y'all, watch this
My fate was a broken arm, and my reward: one big kiss
When Daddy asked me why I did it
I made him laugh out loud when I told him
'Cause the chicks dig it
Scars heal, glory fades
And all we're left with are the memories made, oh yeah
Pain hurts, but only for a minute
Yeah, life is short so go on and live it
'Cause the chicks dig it
THE VERONICAS | SECRET
Then things got weird.
You're a little obsessed with me
And I'm a little bit scared of you
The way you look and stare at me
Maybe it's time I let you know
You could call me six times but still I won't pick up the phone
You could spend all your money on me but still I'll say no
You could write a million letters everyday confessing to me
That I am the girl of your dreams
But nobody ever asked me
I never looked at you that way
'Cause I always thought you were gay
ROCKAPELLA | LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
When Stephen can't take a hint, Charlene leaves the country.
Let's take a boat to Bermuda
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder
Let's get away from it all
Let's go again to Niag'ra
This time we'll look at the Fall
Let's leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut
Let's get away from it all
MAGGIE REILLY & MIKE OLDFIELD | TO FRANCE
She does actually make it to France, but she never finds a place to settle down.
Walking on foreign ground
Like a shadow
Roaming in far off
Territory
Over your shoulder
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary
You know you're
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
BARRY MANILOW | KEEP EACH OTHER WARM
Then one day she finds her way back to Stephen...and somehow ends up fake-marrying him in the process.
If you're looking for a friend to turn to
Someone to care
When all the world is out to hurt you
I'll be there, oh darling
Reach out your hand, reach out for me
Cause I'll understand and I will be
Ready to catch you if you it fall...
Well you talk about toleration
Well I know the score
And if you ever want liberation
There's the door, oh darling
Living in love is bittersweet
You've got to have faith on a lonely street
But I'll be walking beside you
Through it all, and we'll stand tall
When we're blown by the wind
Torn by the storm
We'll always find the love we need
To keep each other, keep each other warm
BUTTERFLY BOUCHER | CINNAMON & CHOCOLATE
She can help take care of George. Also, make delicious food. It's a start.
Hush little baby bird
Nest in my arms, I'll keep you warm
In the night the stars will watch and guide your spirit
All your dreams will help you fly
Clementines won't pass you by
The faults of years have come and gone and we are all right
We are all right
We still have
Cinnamon and chocolate
Holly and pine
Hearts will warm when fire's burning, ooooh
Patience, there's time
SUNSPOT | PRETEND
That said, it's not a perfect recapturing of the old days, much as Charlene would like it to be. Stephen's changed.
Wouldn't it be fun to pretend
That the Earth was round and we were sixteen again?
We could drive all night
Until the sun comes up my friend
And I'll listen for your name in the wind
And I think I missed the train
Well, I guess I should have bought a ticket
I don't think I ever changed
Time slips by and I'm still the same
We were running hand in hand
I didn't know you'd go so fast
PLUMB | BOYS DON'T CRY
No, seriously. Changed. Their connection is broken on some fundamental level, and Charlene doesn't have the first idea how to repair it.
You sit there on the couch
Sipping your scotch and ice
You turn the TV on
And tune me out again...
I used to hold your hand
So tight there was no question
But now even when you're near
I've never felt so alone
So what would you say to me
If you could talk to me
You could ask anything
I wouldn't lie
But you're okay with this
Damaging awkwardness
So I'll just play it safe
And keep it inside
Boys don't cry
JOHN BARROWMAN | PLEASE REMEMBER ME
As it turns out, not only is Stephen missing memories, he was never there for some of them in the first place. Charlene starts to despair of ever recovering her best friend.
Time, sometimes the time just slips away
And you left with yesterday
Left with the memories...
Please remember, please remember
I was there for you and you were there for me
Please remember our time together
When time was yours and mine
And we were wild and free
Please remember, please remember me
And how we laughed and how we cried
And how this world was yours and mine
And how no dream was out of reach
I stood by you, you stood by me
We took each day and made it shine
We wrote our names across the sky
We ran so fast, we ran so free
I had you and you had me
Please remember
JONI MITCHELL | URGE FOR GOING
And of course, the wanderlust is still there, no matter how hard she clamps it down.
I get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in...
I'll ply the fire with kindling now, I'll pull the blankets up to my chin
I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in
I'd like to call back summertime and have her stay for just another month or so
But she's got the urge for going and I guess she'll have to go
She gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And all her empire's falling down
CARBON LEAF | CHANGELESS
Different though he may be, this Stephen cares about her, and summons the strength not to be clingy this time around.
Call my friends to share some wine
To share some laughs, and last goodbyes
My photographs of these years
Will make me laugh through the tears
What are the odds, what are the odds
This ends and we don't meet again
What are the odds, what are the odds
That I will miss your smile
Take awhile! Take awhile! Take care and
Fly away and see the world
Take awhile! Take awhile! Take time and
If you need rest, I'll keep your nest
Changeless
ANEIKI | PLEASED TO MEET YOU
Charlene's decision.
You’re not always easy to share space with
Some days you wake up ten times bigger than you are
I can’t get my arms around you
And we are silent worlds apart...
I don’t think that you remember (I don’t think that you recall)
It was always you and me against the world
But I’ll introduce myself
I’m pleased to meet you
You don’t seem to recognise me
But you know you look just like someone that I used to know
I’m pleased to meet you
You know I think you used to love me
But now it seems like that was a whole lifetime ago
◊ · § · (fanfic soundtrack downloads) · § · ◊
Fandom: The Colbert Report
Subject: Charlene (and "Stephen")
Title: Petit Fourth
A character soundtrack for the revised State of Grace. Charlene was Stephen's childhood best friend; took off for Paris when he started getting creepy; spent a couple of years wandering the world and leveling up her cooking skills; then returned to find out if she could make a home for herself as the fourth corner of his queer polyamorous love quadrangle.
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
CHRIS CAGLE | CHICKS DIG IT
When Stephen and Charlene were kids, they were best friends. Adventures included.
Daddy's belt, Mama's drapes
Standin' tall on the backyard shed lookin' cool in my Superman cape
I told the neighborhood girls, I said, hey y'all, watch this
My fate was a broken arm, and my reward: one big kiss
When Daddy asked me why I did it
I made him laugh out loud when I told him
'Cause the chicks dig it
Scars heal, glory fades
And all we're left with are the memories made, oh yeah
Pain hurts, but only for a minute
Yeah, life is short so go on and live it
'Cause the chicks dig it
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
THE VERONICAS | SECRET
Then things got weird.
You're a little obsessed with me
And I'm a little bit scared of you
The way you look and stare at me
Maybe it's time I let you know
You could call me six times but still I won't pick up the phone
You could spend all your money on me but still I'll say no
You could write a million letters everyday confessing to me
That I am the girl of your dreams
But nobody ever asked me
I never looked at you that way
'Cause I always thought you were gay
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
ROCKAPELLA | LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
When Stephen can't take a hint, Charlene leaves the country.
Let's take a boat to Bermuda
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder
Let's get away from it all
Let's go again to Niag'ra
This time we'll look at the Fall
Let's leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut
Let's get away from it all
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
MAGGIE REILLY & MIKE OLDFIELD | TO FRANCE
She does actually make it to France, but she never finds a place to settle down.
Walking on foreign ground
Like a shadow
Roaming in far off
Territory
Over your shoulder
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary
You know you're
Never going to get to France
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you?
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
BARRY MANILOW | KEEP EACH OTHER WARM
Then one day she finds her way back to Stephen...and somehow ends up fake-marrying him in the process.
If you're looking for a friend to turn to
Someone to care
When all the world is out to hurt you
I'll be there, oh darling
Reach out your hand, reach out for me
Cause I'll understand and I will be
Ready to catch you if you it fall...
Well you talk about toleration
Well I know the score
And if you ever want liberation
There's the door, oh darling
Living in love is bittersweet
You've got to have faith on a lonely street
But I'll be walking beside you
Through it all, and we'll stand tall
When we're blown by the wind
Torn by the storm
We'll always find the love we need
To keep each other, keep each other warm
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
BUTTERFLY BOUCHER | CINNAMON & CHOCOLATE
She can help take care of George. Also, make delicious food. It's a start.
Hush little baby bird
Nest in my arms, I'll keep you warm
In the night the stars will watch and guide your spirit
All your dreams will help you fly
Clementines won't pass you by
The faults of years have come and gone and we are all right
We are all right
We still have
Cinnamon and chocolate
Holly and pine
Hearts will warm when fire's burning, ooooh
Patience, there's time
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
SUNSPOT | PRETEND
That said, it's not a perfect recapturing of the old days, much as Charlene would like it to be. Stephen's changed.
Wouldn't it be fun to pretend
That the Earth was round and we were sixteen again?
We could drive all night
Until the sun comes up my friend
And I'll listen for your name in the wind
And I think I missed the train
Well, I guess I should have bought a ticket
I don't think I ever changed
Time slips by and I'm still the same
We were running hand in hand
I didn't know you'd go so fast
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
PLUMB | BOYS DON'T CRY
No, seriously. Changed. Their connection is broken on some fundamental level, and Charlene doesn't have the first idea how to repair it.
You sit there on the couch
Sipping your scotch and ice
You turn the TV on
And tune me out again...
I used to hold your hand
So tight there was no question
But now even when you're near
I've never felt so alone
So what would you say to me
If you could talk to me
You could ask anything
I wouldn't lie
But you're okay with this
Damaging awkwardness
So I'll just play it safe
And keep it inside
Boys don't cry
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
JOHN BARROWMAN | PLEASE REMEMBER ME
As it turns out, not only is Stephen missing memories, he was never there for some of them in the first place. Charlene starts to despair of ever recovering her best friend.
Time, sometimes the time just slips away
And you left with yesterday
Left with the memories...
Please remember, please remember
I was there for you and you were there for me
Please remember our time together
When time was yours and mine
And we were wild and free
Please remember, please remember me
And how we laughed and how we cried
And how this world was yours and mine
And how no dream was out of reach
I stood by you, you stood by me
We took each day and made it shine
We wrote our names across the sky
We ran so fast, we ran so free
I had you and you had me
Please remember
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
JONI MITCHELL | URGE FOR GOING
And of course, the wanderlust is still there, no matter how hard she clamps it down.
I get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in...
I'll ply the fire with kindling now, I'll pull the blankets up to my chin
I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in
I'd like to call back summertime and have her stay for just another month or so
But she's got the urge for going and I guess she'll have to go
She gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And all her empire's falling down
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
CARBON LEAF | CHANGELESS
Different though he may be, this Stephen cares about her, and summons the strength not to be clingy this time around.
Call my friends to share some wine
To share some laughs, and last goodbyes
My photographs of these years
Will make me laugh through the tears
What are the odds, what are the odds
This ends and we don't meet again
What are the odds, what are the odds
That I will miss your smile
Take awhile! Take awhile! Take care and
Fly away and see the world
Take awhile! Take awhile! Take time and
If you need rest, I'll keep your nest
Changeless
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
ANEIKI | PLEASED TO MEET YOU
Charlene's decision.
You’re not always easy to share space with
Some days you wake up ten times bigger than you are
I can’t get my arms around you
And we are silent worlds apart...
I don’t think that you remember (I don’t think that you recall)
It was always you and me against the world
But I’ll introduce myself
I’m pleased to meet you
You don’t seem to recognise me
But you know you look just like someone that I used to know
I’m pleased to meet you
You know I think you used to love me
But now it seems like that was a whole lifetime ago
◊ · § · ◊ · § · ◊
◊ · § · (fanfic soundtrack downloads) · § · ◊