Tell Laura I Love Her

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   Laura and Tommy were lovers,
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He wanted to give her everything,
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Flowers, presents, and most of all a wedding-ring.

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   He saw a sign for a stock-car race,
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   A thousand dollar prize it read.
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   He couldn` t get Laura on the phone,
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So to her mother Tommy said:


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    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
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    Tell Laura, I may be late, I`ve got something to do
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That cannot wait.


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    He drove his car to the racing ground,
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    He was the youngest driver there.
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    The crowd roared as they started the race,
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Round the track they drove at a deadly pace.

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    No-one knows what happened that day,
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    How his car overturned in flames.
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    But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck,
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With his dying breath they heard him say:


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    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
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    Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
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Will never die.


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    Now in the chapel Laura prays,
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    For her Tommy who passed away,
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    It was just for Laura he lived and died,
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Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry.

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    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
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    Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
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Will never die.