Tell Laura I Love Her

I had a flash of inspiration today. And I decided to re-visit this sad song.

TELL LAURA I LOVE HER

**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 crowed roared as they started the race

Around the track they drove at a deadly pace

No one knows what happened that day

Or 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 poor 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**

Then, while listening to this song, I found Skeeter Davis’ answering song in 1961.

TELL TOMMY I MISS HIM

**Tommy my sweetheart is gone now

He’s up in heaven somewhere

So little star high above

If you see Tommy tell him of my love**

Tell Tommy I love him

Tell Tommy I miss him

Tell him though I may try

Mmy love for him will never die

He drove his car in that stockcar race

To win money so we could wed

He wanted so much to make me his wife

Now our love lives on though he lost his life

I’m so lonely without him near

Oh how I miss his warm embrace

I’ll love no other I want him to know

Oh little star please tell him so

Tell Tommy I love him

Tell Tommy I miss him

Tell him though I may try

My love for him will never die

Although he wanted to give me the world

Why did he do such a reckless thing

Little star he should have realized

I was richer than a queen when he looked into my eyes

Tell Tommy I love him

Tell Tommy I miss him

Tell him though I may try

My love for him will never die

I love this beautiful story behind my name. Although it’s a sad story, it’s a story that lives on.. a story of love gained & lost, just like Romeo & Juliet. I watched the Baz Luhrmann version of “Romeo & Juliet” today, starring Leo DiCaprio & Claire Danes, and I was once again moved by the story. That story of true love.

True love perseveres.

Anyway, I’ve had to make my CUBIK post private, because of some confidential information. Perhaps, I will update sometime with details that are not so detailed (if that makes any sense at all). Haha.