“One Less Charlie”

G.C:
He must have been here,
Just as I feared,
He got here first.

He must have come here,
Made him disappear—
Done something worse.

He must have thrilled him,
Fulfilled him,
Gained his trust.

CHARLIE:
You think he killed him—
GIRL CHARLIE:
Charlie, he killed you.
He killed me.
He killed us!

And if there’s you and me and him and this one,
who’s to say that’s it?
What if there’s endless versions of us out there,
in numbers infinite?

And if we don’t go do something,
if we don’t try to stop him,
there’ll be Charlies out there droppin’
one by one...

Yeah, if we don’t go do something,
if we don’t apprehend him—
We’re in danger, stop pretendin’, Charlie.
Something must be done.

So stay by my side,
let’s start turning the tide,
‘cause we’re gonna collide headfirst.

We’re gonna blindside him,
gonna search till we find him,
we’re gonna undo this curse.
And when we’re done there’s gonna be
one less Charlie
in the universe.

CHARLIE: Yeah, but—

GIRL CHARLIE: Charlie, isn’t this what you already wanted, when you knocked on my door? Revenge?

CHARLIE: I’m not really a big revenge guy.

GIRL CHARLIE: Well, then consider your duty to your other selves.

CHARLIE: What?

GIRL CHARLIE:
There could be hundreds of us out there, Charlie.
Thousands, maybe more.
Could be a million Charlie Greengoulds out there,
Charlies by the score!

So we must follow behind him,
chase him till we catch up—
We’re gonna have a match-up,
tit for tat.

CHARLIE:
But even if we find him,
what’ll we do when we confront him?
GIRL CHARLIE:
I’m sure we’ll think of somethin’, Charlie,
when it comes to that.

So let’s fire our engines,
‘cause I’m out for vengeance,
it’s all that’ll quench this thirst.
We’ve gotta blindside him,
gotta search till we find him
before this gets any worse.
And when we’re done there’s gonna be
one less Charlie
in the universe.
Yeah when we’re done there’s gonna be
one less Charlie
in the universe!

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