Tell Laura I love her Ray Peterson
Laura and Tommy were lovers
He wanted to give her everything
Flowers, presents and 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 can not wait
He drove his car to the racing2 ground
He was the youngest driver there
The crowd roared as they started the race
'Round the track they drove at a deadly pace
No one knows what happened that day
How his car over-turned 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 chapel3 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……
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告诉萝拉我爱她 雷彼得森
萝拉和汤米是一对恋人
他希望能给她一切
鲜花、礼物，最重要的是：
一只结婚钻戒
他看到一张赛车告示
上面说有一千元奖金
在电话中他无法联络到萝拉
于是请她母亲转告，汤米说：
告诉萝拉我爱她
告诉萝拉我需要她
告诉萝拉，我可能会迟到
我有事要做，没办法等
他把车子开到赛车场
他是最年轻的一位车手
比赛一开始，观众大喊大叫
他们以致命的速度绕着圈子
没有人知道那天发生了什么事
他的车在火焰中翻了过去
当人们将他从扭曲的车身中拉出来
在奄奄一息中，听到他说：
告诉萝拉我爱她
告诉萝拉我需要她
告诉萝拉不要哭
我对她的爱永远不死
在教堂里
萝拉为死去的汤米祷告
对萝拉来说，他虽死犹生
独自在教堂里，她听得见他在哭喊：
告诉萝拉我爱她……
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这是一首相当深情的歌曲，歌中的男主角汤米为了赚得一只给萝拉的结婚戒指，参加了危险性极高的非法赛车，结果赔上了自己的性命，临终前仍不忘说：告诉萝拉我爱她……。
但是对这首歌推出时的60年代，这种涉及死亡的歌词，在美国当时保守的社会风气，却是相当引人争议的，虽然歌中提及的死亡是十分含蓄而且微不足道，但在许多卫道人士对刚兴起的摇滚乐还视为洪水猛兽的当时，这首语涉死亡的歌曲，简直是道德的沦丧，对生命的亵渎。
这首歌除了歌词耸动，旋律动人也使得它一推出就造成轰动，并很快流传到英国，但60年代的英国社会比美国还要封闭保守，对于流行音乐采取极为严密的监控，凡语涉死亡等反道德的歌曲，尤其是和年轻人有关的，一律被国家广播电台( 即BBC )禁播，因此在宣传无门的情形下，很多在美国走红的歌曲，在英国却没没无名。
于是美国的RCA唱片公司决定放弃在英国发行这首歌，但当时的英国EMI唱片公司却决定放手一搏，另外请来英国当地的歌手Ricky Valance重新翻唱。结果灌录好以后的新版本，被一家影响力不大的广播电台看中，不断的播出这首歌，一传十、十传百，这首歌在英国排行榜节节上升，最后在冠军宝座上坐了三个礼拜才功成身退。
续集：告诉汤米我想念他，是以萝拉为出发点所写的，由Skeeter Davis演唱
Tell Tommy I miss him
Tommy my sweetheart has gone now
He's up in heaven somewhere, so little star high above
If you see Tommy tell him all my love
"Tell Tommy I love him
Tell Tommy I miss him
Tell him thou' I may cry
My love for him will never die"
He drove his car in the stock-car race
To win money so we could wed1
He wanna so much to make me his wife
Now my lovely Tom though he lost his wife
I'm so lonely without him near
Oh, how I miss his warm embrace
I love no other, I want him to know
Oh, little star please tell him so
Although he wanted to give me the world
Why did he do such a reckless thing
Little star he should have realized
I was wretched and mean when he looked into my eyes
"Tell Tommy I love him
Tell Tommy I miss him
Tell him thou' I may cry
My love for him will never die"
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告诉汤米我想念他
我亲爱的汤米已经离开了我
他飞到了天堂的某一方，成为一颗小星星在高空上
如果你看到了汤米请告诉他我满腔的爱意
告诉汤米我爱他
告诉汤米我想念他
告诉那汤米也许我会哭
我对他的爱至死不渝
他把车开到赛车跑道上
所赢的奖金就可以让我们结婚
他是那么的想要我成为他的妻子
现在我所爱的汤米失去了我做他妻子的机会
我是如此的寂寞而他却没有在我的身边
噢~我好怀念他那温暖的拥抱
我的心中没有别人，我要他明了
噢！小星星请你一定要告诉他
就算他想要给我这个世界
又为何要做这么鲁莽的事情
小星星，他应该要明白
从我的眼神中他可以看到我的认真和忧伤
告诉汤米我爱他
告诉汤米我想念他
告诉那汤米也许我会哭
我对他的爱至死不渝
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