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Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson

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 (1)__________ it read
He couldn't get Laura on the phone
So to her mother, Tommy said

Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I (2)________ her
Tell Laura I may be late
I've (3)__________________ to do, that (4)____________ 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 (5)__________ at a (6)____________ 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 (7)________ for her will never die

Now in the (8)____________ where Laura prays
For her poor Tommy, who (9)____________ away
It was just for (10)__________ 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
Answers:
(1) prize(2) need(3) something(4) cannot(5) drove(6) deadly(7) love(8) chapel(9) passed(10) Laura