FST: A Dream That Could Not Last

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The soundtrack for my story A Dream That Could Not Last, an American Idol AU set in 1939 London, when everyone knew war was on the horizon but no one was sure when or how it would arrive, and three groups of (mostly) Americans—pilots who joined the RAF, singers and dancers in a swing music revue, and reporters for BBC Radio—realized that love of all kinds was that much more important. Ryan/Simon, Carly/Amanda and Kimberley/Anwar, NC-17, fourteen parts and 92,100 words total. (Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own)

1. Ella Fitzgerald | I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
   Ch.4: Kimberley sings for Simon and fails to impress
   

   I let a song go out of my heart
   It was the sweetest melody
   I know I lost heaven
   'Cause you were the song

   
   
2. Ella Fitzgerald | Lush Life
   Ch.6: Kimberley sings for Simon a second time
   

   I used to visit all the very gay places
   Those come what may places
   Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
   To get the feel of life
   From jazz and cocktails

   
   
3. Ella Fitzgerald | Caravan
   Ch.8: Paula puts a new number into the show
   

   Night and stars above that shine so bright
   The mystery of their fading light
   That shines upon our caravan

   
   
4. Glenn Miller | In the Mood
   Ch.9: Kimberley and Robinson jitterbug, Harlem-style, at the Glenn Miller concert
   

   (instr.)

   
   
5. Glenn Miller | Tuxedo Junction
   Ch.9: Robinson holds Kimberley close and sings into her ear
   

   Way down south in Birmingham
   I mean south in Alabam'
   There's an old place where people go
   To dance the night away

   
   
6. Glenn Miller | Pennsylvania 6-5000
   Ch.9: Dancing at the Glenn Miller concert
   

   Pennsylvania 6-5-oh-oh-oh

   
   
7. Glenn Miller | Bugle Call Rag
   Ch.9: Dancing at the Glenn Miller concert
   

   (instr.)

   
   
8. Glenn Miller | Moonlight Serenade
   Ch.9: Slow dancing at the Glenn Miller concert
   

   (instr.)

   
   
9. Glenn Miller | A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
   Ch.9: Kimberley and Robinson watch the last song of the concert from the balcony
   

   When you turned and smiled at me
   A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.

   
   
10. Ella Fitzgerald | Sophisticated Lady
    Ch.12: Kimberley sings to Simon and strikes a nerve
    

    Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
    Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
    Is that all you really want?

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Huge thanks to ali_wildgoose for technical assistance with the cover and the playlist.