"Why can't I meet someone like you?... but not you?" -Sarah Hue Hayes, 1955 "Teen Tragedy" songs were all the rage in the 1950's. Songs like Jody Reynolds' "Endless Sleep", Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel", Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her", and J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers' cover of "Last Kiss", not only climbed the charts, but climbed into the hearts and minds of teenagers. One unrequited-lovestruck teenager, Robert Dwight "Buddy" Brown would compose a proto-Rock Opera that was "one big Teen Tragedy song." Buddy is the archetype of the cowlicked nerd. She is the girl-next-door. There is a greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. Buddy Brown spins a yarn that weaves from prose into song lyrics and back into prose and into lyrics again, composing a tapestry that is unique: I Was A Teenage Angel of Death, a rock opera without any music. Buddy Brown is hopelessly (and hopefully) in unrequited love with Sarah Sue, the girl-next-door, who is smitten with Johnny Angel, the greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. It is a tale as old as time... well as old as the 1950's anyway. SIDE A Like it Was Yesterday The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door - Part 2 Why Do Good Girls Love Bad Boys? Thank God! Good Girls Love Bad Boys! Daddy's Angel SIDE B The Wrong Side Of The Tracks Cheap Cigarettes Cheap Cigarettes (Reprise) Tear Stains On My Shoulder I Need Someone Like You Heartache Hangover Morbid Angel SIDE C The Stairway To Heaven Hop Class of '57 Along At The Punchbowl When the Heart Begins To Talk The Night of Surprises On That Fateful Night One That Fateful Night - Part 2 SIDE D The Note Death Angel Healing Does Come Like It Was Yesterday (Reprise) Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. Please take care while reading. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, please reach out for help.