# Help me find the name of a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954 "2006-10-18T16:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/1 "2006-10-18T16:22:26Z")
This has been winding me up for a few days now. I’m pretty sure I own the album with this song on it, and I can remember parts of the lyrics to the song, but can’t remember the song title or artist name. The song has a narrated part to it which talks about a young man who dies in a car crash, he was apparently racing another vehicle, and he was on his way home from his father’s store where he worked. The song itself was about the tragedy of dieing young if I remember correctly. I keep thinking it was a Flaming Lips song, but can’t find it on any lyrics list. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/2 "2006-10-19T17:08:52Z")
Last Kiss ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/3 "2006-10-19T17:41:23Z")
It’s the guy’s girlfriend who dies in _Last Kiss_, not the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/4 "2006-10-19T18:24:06Z")
This is driving me crazy. I’m sure I have an album somewhere with the track I’m lookig for on it. I should say the information about the crash is given in a female voice (iirc) whilst the singer ia male. And the female voice sounds like a Police officer discribing the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/5 "2006-10-19T18:28:00Z")
[Tell Laura I Love Her?](http://www.geocities.com/bjaes.geo/lyrics/laura.htm) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/6 "2006-10-19T18:40:35Z")
Sorry to be such a wet blanket (I got nothin’ wrt what the song _is_), but in _Tell Laura I Love Her_, the kid is entered in a stock car race. In the OP’s song, it appears that the race is one of those impromptu street races that so often end up in tragedy and/or tragedy-related songs. That said, every time I hear the music to _TLILH_, I find myself singing the line, _“And no go out wit’ Mits Funai.”_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/7 "2006-10-19T18:45:53Z")
And before anybody says “_Teen Angel_”, NO! it doesn’t meet **Bippy** ’s description! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/8 "2006-10-19T19:04:56Z")
[This page](http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/11/124522.php) has a list of car-crash songs, plus comments that refer to other vehicular-tragedy tunes. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/9 "2006-10-19T19:27:08Z")
This is a Flaming Lips crash song, but it doesn’t seem to fit your description. I just thought posting it would maybe jog your memory elsewhere: [http://www.lyricsdir.com/the-flaming-lips-the-spiderbite-song-lyrics.html](http://www.lyricsdir.com/the-flaming-lips-the-spiderbite-song-lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/10 "2006-10-19T19:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Sorry to be such a wet blanket (I got nothin’ wrt what the song _is_), but in _Tell Laura I Love Her_, the kid is entered in a stock car race. In the OP’s song, it appears that the race is one of those impromptu street races that so often end up in tragedy and/or tragedy-related songs. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I figured it was too good to be true, but for some reason the song just flew into my brain and I had to regurgitate it before I hurt myself 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/11 "2006-10-20T00:19:11Z")
Thanks guys, it wasn’t on **Sternvogel** ’s list (great list btw). I’ll have to check through all my cds in hope of an answer. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/12 "2006-10-20T16:38:15Z")
last Kiss he remebers daddy store.It was daddys car.[http://www.minibite.com/oldies/lastkiss.htm](http://www.minibite.com/oldies/lastkiss.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/13 "2006-10-20T16:47:43Z")
[Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas](http://www.harrychapin.com/music/30000lbs.shtml), by Harry Chapin? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-song/376954/14 "2006-10-20T17:30:37Z")
I got nowhere with many google search attempts. I’m starting to think I missheard a key part of the lyrics, or an going mad. The second possibility seems most likely to me. I’ll bounce this if I ever find the damn song. Thanks for trying to help guys.