1. 60cı ildə buraxılmış gənclərin qulaq asıb intihar etdiyi mahnı. ifa edəni də ray peterson'dur. başqalarının da ifasında vardı amma ən uğurlusu bu olmuşdur zənnkmcə. mahnı bir oğlanın sevdiyi qıza evlənmək təklifi etmək üçün üzük almaq istəyindən bəhs edir. bunun üçün yarışa qatıkan oğlan qəzaya düşür və son sözləri də: " tell laura i love her" olur. ah,laura,laura o eşidirmi bəs? bunu isə mahnıya cavab olaraq yazılmış "tell tommy i miss him"dən anlayırıq. eşidirmiş,hələ darıxırmış da laura:

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
tell laura i love her
tell laura i need her
tell laura not to cry
my love for her will never die

(baxma: tell tommy i miss him)