Teen Angel - Mark Dinning 
- Collector's Choice Music MSD 35800
- peak Billboard position # 1 in 1960
- Words and Music by Jean Surrey & Red Surrey

Teen angel, teen angel, teen angel, ooh, ooh
That fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad track
I pulled you out and we were safe, but you went running back
CHORUS
Teen angel, can you hear me?
Teen angel, can you see me?
Are you somewhere up above
And I am still your own true love?
What was it you were looking for that took your life that night?
They said they found my high school ring clutched in your fingers tight
CHORUS
Just sweet sixteen, and now you're gone
They've taken you away.
I'll never kiss your lips again
They buried you today
CHORUS
Teen angel, teen angel, answer me, please

Teen Angel - Mark Dinning (?)

That fateful night,
the car was stalled
Upon the railroad track
We pulled him out and he was safe
But he went running back

Chorus:
Teen Angel, can you hear us
Teen Angel can you see us
Are you somewhere up above?
He's on his way- your own true love

What was it he was looking for,
That took his life that night
We found your picture'
Clutched in his fingers tight

Chorus

(can't remember final verse, something about him being 
sweet sixteen, today's his burial and her taking him away)

Teen angel, answer us please

Tell Laura I Love Her ( 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 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

Tell Tommy I Miss Him - Laura Lee

Tell Laura I love her
Tell Laura I love her

Tommy my sweet heart has gone now
He was everything to me, 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 thro' 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 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 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 thro' I may cry, 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 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 thro' I may cry, My love for him will never die'
 
Tell Tommy I miss him (Tell Laura I love her)
Tell Tommy I miss him (Tell Laura I love her)

Tell Tommy I Miss Him - Marilyn Michaels

Tommy my sweet heart has gone now
He's up in the 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 thro' 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 wed
He wanna so much to make me his wife
Now my lovely Tom though he lost his life
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 realize
I was wretched and mean when he looked into my eyes

'Tell Tommy I love him, tell Tommy I miss him
 Tell him thro' I may cry, My love for her will never die'

Terry By Twinkle
 
Terry, Terry
 
He said to me he wanted to be near to me
He said he never wanted to be out of my sight
But it's too late to give this boy my love tonight
Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry.
 
He said to me he wanted to be close by my side
We had a quarrel, I was untrue on the night he died
And it's too late to tell this boy how great was
Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry.
 
He rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike
I cried to him in fright, don't do it, don't do it, don.t do it.

He said to me you are the one I want to be with
He said to me you are the one who my love I shall give
One day he'll know how hard I prayed for him to live
Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry.

He rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike
I cried to him in fright, don't do it, don't do it, don.t do it.

He said to me you are the one I want to be with
He said to me you are the one who my love I shall give
One day he'll know how hard I prayed for him to live
Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry.

Terry, Terry, Terry

Tonight by Iggy Pop

Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

I saw my baby
She was turning blue
Oh,  I knew that soon
Her young life was through.

And so I got down on my knees
Down by her bed
And these are the words
To her I said.

(Bowie)
Everything will be all right
Tonight.
Everything will be all right
Tonight.

No one moves
No one talks
No one thinks
No one walks.
Tonight.

Everyone will be all right
Tonight.
Everyone will be all right
Tonight.

No one moves
No one talks
No one thinks
No one walks
Tonight.
Tonight.

I am gonna love her to the end.
I am gonna love her to the end.


I will love her 'til I die.
I will see her in the sky.

Tonight.
Tonight.
Tonight.
Tonight.
Tonight.

Timothy - The Buoys
(Rupert Holmes)

Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...

The Three Bells - Artists; The Browns (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1959)
Originally a French tune written in 1945, it was charted at " # 14 in 1952 by Les
Compagnons de la Chanson. Variously known as "Les Trois Cloches" and "While
the Angelus Was Ringing."
Original French words by Bert Reisfeld and Music by Jean Villard
English words added by Dick Manning


There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born

(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing in the little valley town
And the song that they were singing was for baby Jimmy Brown
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless this hour of meditation"
"Guide him with eternal love"

There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love

(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing, 'twas a great day in his life
'cause the songs that they were singing was for Jimmy and his wife
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless, oh Lord this celebration"
"May their lives be filled with love"

From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and gray
A soul winged its way to heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away

(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Just a lonely bell was ringing in the little valley town
'twas farewell that it was singing to our little Jimmy Brown
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, may his soul find the salvation"
"Of thy great eternal love"

Steaknife - Tommy Don't Die

Yo,
This is a story about my boy Tommy who OD'd
Simple
Pay attention

It was just any other ordinary day
I have to say I had plans, you understand
But tommy made them on the day
And he was already trippin'
Telling me to come on because he was tired of sittin

You see we had big plans
You know
Me and my man
Were gunna go take a couple ladies down to the rehab show

And we chilled for real
We had a lotta time to kill before it was time to pick them up
Just up

So hears the deal

So the time came
The plans were the same
I was callin to get him, and the phone just rang
And i started stressin
I left a mesasge back at 5
I planned to at 7 to help him
I hopped to he's alright
But fuck that
Somethin's wrong

I started racin'
I gotta see for myself whats shakin'
I pulled up to the curb and one knock on the door
It swings open and tommy's layin on the floor.

Tommy OD'd
Im on my knees
below me
his life is in my hands
Tommy i dont understand
Tommy Od'd his eyes dont see me
Shit keep askin why
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die....
Tommy don't Die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...

Atlanta police department

I need an ambulance!
I need an ambulance!

Sir?

Hes on the ground!

Sir?

hes dyin!

Sir, Would you please Calm down
Sir?
Sir?

He's ...

Sir, Please Calm Down

I can't calm down. Tommy's on the ground!
Im' shakeing him, and he wont come around!
He's twitching and white shit is comeing out of his mouth!

Sir where are you located?

I'm at tommy's house!

Sir, I need you to be patient with me

But it's my boy, we got plans
You need to hurry
I dont understand what to do

Tommy!

Sir, Sir?

Calm down sir.

Oh my god!
Oh my god! He's stopped moving!
Help me!

Ok, I need you to work with me guy
I need you to work with me

Send somebody please

Sir
They are on their way
Check to see if there's a pulse

I dont feel nothin'
His face is puffin'
And turnin blue
Help me god damnit!
Tell me what I'm supposed to do!
I dont want tommy to die!
Open your eyes!

Sir, what happend to Tommy?

Tommy OD'd
Im on my knees
Below me
His life is in my hands
tommy i dont understand
Tommy Od'd his eyes dont see me
Shit keep askin why
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't Die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...

Hang in their Tommmy
C'mon man you can hang in there
C'mon!
Wake up tommy!
You stupid mother fucker!
C'mon Tommy
Why Tommy!?
Why!?

Tommy OD'd
Im on my knees
Below me
His life is in my hands
tommy i dont understand
Tommy OD'd his eyes dont see me
Shit keep askin why
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't Die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...
Tommy don't die...

C'mon, he's over here
Don't fuckin' help me man, help Tommy!

We gotta get him the hell outa here!
We're losin him!
we're losin him!
He's flat lineing!
He's flat lineing.
Clear!

Tommy! 

Two Hour Honeymoon - Paul Hampton

(Car crash sounds)
(Cricket sounds)
(Swanky horn begins)

No don't move me, I'll be ok, are you all right?
Oh why did this have to happen on our wedding night, huh?
It seems all we had was one big blast and then pphhht
Well, we always said we would be together until the last
I guess you were right, honey.
We were driving too fast.

Honey, you were the most beautiful bride and I was filled
with such pride as you walked to me down the aisle.
While the music played, I prayed for you with all my heart
because I knew we would never part
So, here we are, together till the last.
I guess you were right, honey.
We were driving too fast.

I would have loved like no one else could have ever loved you
Yeah, come on, no tears, at least that I can see
No, you had your whole life to live
And so much love to give, so don't waste it on me
Just promise that me every once in a while, when you are alone
you will think of the happy times we had together and the way 
I kissed you, planning our new home, it is just so unfair that
it had to end so soon.  All we had was a two hour honeymoon.

(Police sirens and swanky horn mixed together)

Three Stars - Tommy Dee

Look up in the sky
Up toward the north
There are three little stars
Brightly shining forth
They're shining so bright from heaven above
Gee we're gonna miss you,
Everybody sends their love

On the left stand Ritchie Valens
A young boy just seventeen
Just beginning to realize
And explore his teenage dreams
Why did God call him oh so far away
Maybe to help some boy or girl
Who might have gone astray
With his star shining in the dark
On a lonely night to light the path
And show the way, the way that's right
Gee we're gonna miss you,
Everybody sends their love

On the right stands Buddy Holly
With a shy grin upon his face
Funny how you always seem to notice
That one little curl out of place
Not many people really knew Buddy
Or understood how he felt
But just a song from his lips
Would make the coldest hearts melt
Buddy's singing for God now, His chorus in the sky
Buddy holly we'll always remember you
With tears in our eyes
Gee we're gonna miss you,
Everybody sends their love

In the middle stands a stout man
The big Bopper is his name
Now God has called him
Perhaps to new fortune and fame
He wore a big Stetson hat
And sort of rambled up to the mike
How can we ever forget those wonderful words
"You know, well I might"

Nervous Norvus - Transfusion 

ZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM
Tooling down the hightway doing 79
I'm a twin pipe papa and I'm feelin fine
Hey man dig that was that a red stop sign
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
I'm just a solid mess of contusions
Never, never, never gonna speed again
Slip the blood to me, Bud

I jump in my rod about a quarter to nine
I gotta make a date with that chick of mine
I cross the center line man you gotta make time-
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
Oh, man, I got the cotton pickin convolutions
Never, never, never gonna speed again
Shoot the juice to me, Bruce

My foot's on the throttle and it's made of lead
But I'm a fast ridding daddy with a real cool head
I'ma gonna pass a truck on the hill ahead-
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
My red corpsuckles (sic) are in mass confusion
Never, never, never gonna speed again
Pass the crimson to me, Jimson

I took a little drink and I'm feelin right
I can fly right over everything everything in sight
There's a slow poking cat I'm gonna pass him on the right
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
I'm a real gone paleface and that's no illusion
I'ma never never never gonna speed again
Pass the claret to me, Barrett

A rollin down the mountain on a rainy day
Oh, when you see me coming better start to pray
I'm a cuttin' up the road and I'm the boss all the way
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
Oh, doc, pardon me for this crazy intrusion
I'm never, never, never gonna speed again
Pump the fluid in me, Louie

I'm burning up the highway early this morn
I'm passing everybody oh nothing but corn
Man outa my way I don't drive with my horn
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]
Transfusion, transfusion
Oh, nurse I'm gonna make a new resolution
I'm never, never, never gonna speed again
Put a gallon in me, Alan

Oh, barnyard drivers are found in two classes
Line crowding hogs and speeding jackasses
So rememmber to slow down today
Hey, daddy-o
A make that type O, huh
Atta-boy
[Scrreeech-BANG, tinkle]

Teenage Cremation - by Bob Hudson (1975)

Bah bah bah oh oh doo bee doo(4x)
Oh we rode our motorcycle
We were trying to do the ton
The shades of night were falling 
We could see the setting sun
You put out your left hand
When you meant to turn right
Oh baby, oh baby, why couldn't you get it right
Well, teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you died

Bah bah bah oh oh doo bee doo(4x)
We went a hundred miles an hour
We ran into a truck
The driver he just looked at us
And all he said was look out
I'm so broken hearted, I'm all alone and blue
I wander along the nature-strip looking for pieces of you
Teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you died

Bah bah bah oh oh doo bee doo(4x)
Down at the crematorium
We said our last good bye
I stood by the furnace
And I sadly watched you fry
I'm here so sad and lonely
By the big asbestos door
Because I couldn't find the piece of you 
That I was looking for
Well, teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you cried

When you fried, teenage cremation.

Teenage Cremation - by  Dean Middaugh (1960s)

Oh we rode upon my motorbike
All down the A1
Evening had fallen
The day was barely done
When you put out your left hand
To turn to the right
Why oh why my baby didn't you hold me tight
Teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you fried

Ninety miles an hour
We crashed into a lorry
The driver he got out 
He said I'm awfully sorry
From ? to Brimford and Londontown too 
or - (From Hatfield to Watford and Peterbourough too)
I searched along the side of the road picking up pieces of you
Teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you fried

Golders Green crematorium
Where we said good bye
I stood by the furnace
And listened to you fry
But now I'm so lonesome
Just standing by the door
Because I couldn't find the piece of you 
That I was looking for
Well, teenage cremation, oh how I cried when you fried
When you fried, why why why.

Slim Cessna's Auto Club - This Is How We Do Things in the Country

The first and last time I met her
We was children seven years by
She held my hand so softly
She was perfectly shy
My family went to wander
Six years in foreign lands
I returned last evening
To take her by the hand

Long about break of morning
I met with my girl
She looked at me with crossed eyes
So I sent her from this world
I cracked her with my shovel
She bent my shovel's blade
She still had them crossed eyes
As I dug her crooked grave

This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country
This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country

Long the next morning
The rains they came down
Washed away that crooked grave
Washed her straight into town
She nudged gainst Judge Henry
She looked at him with cock-eyes
Judge Henry he's as thick as the best-built dam
But even he knew she'd passed on by

Long late that evening
I sought her kinfolk out
I asked to sing at her funeral
They said son we'd be proud
My song it began to bend and break
As her box went in the ground
They dug her a brand new hole
With walls true up and down

This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country
This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country

Late in the dark time
I went creepin round the town
Into every pine-board shed
All their tools I did found
I put them in my vice grip
Turned em to the left and right
Returned them to their toolsheds
Straightened out this town with might

Now when they hoe a garden
It angles to the northeast
When they raise a new building
It leans askew and Lord does it creak
Now when they shape a new tool
From the ones he's made unstraight
See every which way they do cross it up
Yes these crooked graves they will be our fate

This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country
This is how it's always been
This is how we do things in the country

That Girl Has Love by Rooney 

I don't know a lot about her
But she, she knew a lot about me
Her family seemed to love her
If what they say is true
Her friends all share the good times man
That girl has love
That girl has I, I didn't have a clue then
That a kiss would change my whole life again
She walked into my room
When I was all alone
She told me I would date her from September till December
She doesn't know things will never be the same again
She'll always be seventeen
That girl has love
She kept all the pain inside
Now she has got nothing to hide
At such a young age she took her own life
Now she's seeing things that come in our dreams at night
She's a dreamer
That was too real to ever be fake
That was too srong to ever be forgotten
That girl has love

"Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel" by Barenaked Ladies

Driving home to be with you
The highway's dividing, the city's in view
As usual, I'm almost on time
You're the last thing that's on my mind
I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel

No commotion, no screaming brakes
Most of it's over before I awake
From the ceiling, my coffee cup drips
While out my window, the horizon does flips
The worst part was hitting the ground -
Not the feeling so much as the sound
Can't help but wonder if all this is real
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel

Rubberneck traffic and passersby
And Slow Motion Walter the fire engine guy
Stand around with their mouths open wide
I heard some idiot ask if someone's inside
With the Jaws of Life they tried and they tried
Nobody here can know how I feel
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel

I guess it's over now
Cause I've never seen so much
Never seen so much, never seen so much
Never seen so much, never seen so much
I guess it's over now
Cause I've never seen so much
Never seen so much, never seen so much
Never seen so much, never seen so much
So much blood

In all the confusion, there's something serene
I'm just a posthumous part of the scene
Now I'm floating above looking in
As the radio blares and wheels spin
I can see my face slump with a grin
And you...you're the last thing on my mind
You're the last thing on my mind
You're the last thing on my mind
You're the last thing on my mind

Dixie Chicks - "Travelin' Soldier"

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp
In California ton Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

[Chorus]

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read but nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

[Chorus x2]

Caroline's Spine - Turned Blue 

Let me tell you somthing about myself.
Think I'll tell you and nobody else,
Because deep down inside I know you're listening.
I think about her every night.
I watch her move beneath the moonlight.
She was the only one I could turn to, turn to,
And I'll never turn to anyone else.
So now you know,
Just how I loved her so.
I did anything she told me.
You see, I'm a simple man with simple dreams.
I'm telling you things are not what they seem,
Because deep down inside I know you're listening.
I wanted nothing but to make her feel,
A life with me could be so surreal.
She told me not to let go until she turned blue,
and I'll never turn to anyone else.
So now you know,
Just how I loved her so.
I didn't want to go away.
I did anything she told me.
I did everything she told me.
I know she's up there laughing at me.
She was the only one.
So now you know,
Just how I loved her so.
She wasn't supposed to go away.
I did anything she told me.
I did everything she told me.
So, let me tell you something about myself.
Think I'll tell you and nobody else,
because deep down inside I know you're listening.
She decided her fate that night.
Shut her eyes for the last time.
She's the only one that could make you understand.