Tell Laura I Love Her ~ Ray Peterson ~ Cover w/ Taylor 618e Grand Orchestra First Edition

(c)1960 Words & Music by Jeff Barry - Ben Raleigh
Arr. stagwolf
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Laura and Tommy were lovers, he wanted to give her everything
Flowers, presents, but most of all, a wedding ring
He saw a sign for a stock car race, a thousand dollar prize it read
He couldn't get Laura on the phone, so to her mother, Tommy said,
Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her, tell Laura I may be late, I've something to do, that cannot wait..
He drove his car to the racing grounds, he was the youngest driver there
The crowd roared as they started the race around the track they drove at a deadly pace
No one knows what happened that day, how his car overturned in flames
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck with his dying breath, they heard him say,
Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her, tell Laura not to cry, my love for her will never die..
Now in the chapel where Laura prays for her Tommy, who passed away
It was just for Laura he lived and died, alone in the chapel she can hear him cry
Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her, tell Laura not to cry, my love for her will never die..
Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her..
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