Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Iâm gonna tell you a story thatâs all about
This job I had one time as a talent scout, hmm.
I had a hard day at the office and the boss wasnât in town
The day this hired legged guitar picker just happened to come around.
Well, he walks in my office with a great big grin,
And folks thatâs where my story really begins.
He said, âSon my name is Boregard Rippy.
I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi.
I write songs thatâll sing like a bird,
I play licks on my guitar like you ainât never heard.
But Iâm down on my luck and things are just a little slack.
I gotta quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back.
But you buy me some supper and give me a place I can sleep
He said âIâll sing you some songs thatâll rock your head to sleep.
I got talent boy. Said back home they call me the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well I knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut
When he pulled out that pack of used cigarette butts.
So thatâs when I told him âWe canât use you todayâ
So I handed the boy a dollar and sent him on his way
Well the boss got back and we both had a laugh
When I told him âbout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And pretty soon I had the story circling around
About this Mississippi nut that we had in our town.
I said, âwatch him everybody, the boyâs squirrelly!
He walks around calling himself the Tupelo Mississippi Flash.â
Well it happened one day while I was driving to my home
I just happened to have my car radio on.
When I heard the jockey raving about a brand new smash
By a kid called the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
I almost wrecked my automobile
I went through a red light
I hit the traffic cop....Why??
Well my storyâs got an ending and itâs short and sweet
The boss man he fired me and left me out in the street
But I got a new job now and Iâm as learninâ real fast
Iâm drivinâ the bus for the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And his Cadillac Iâm driving that for him too
And that yacht heâs got.
And is there a plane??
Well chauffeur, show good I always say
Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it...........
