Tupelo Mississippi Flash Lyrics

He said:

Son my name is Boregard Rippy

I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi

I write songs that'll sing like a bird

I play licks on my guitar

Like you ain't never heard

But I'm down on my luck

And things are just a little slack

I gotta quarter in my pocket

And a shirt on my back

You buy me some supper

And give me a place I can sleep

He said: I'll sing you some songs

that'll 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 that's when I told him

"We can't use you today"

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

'Bout 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:

Watch him everybody

The boy's squirrelly

He walks around calling himself

The Tupelo Mississippi Flash

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

Well, my story's got an ending

And it's short and sweet

The boss man he fired me

And left me out in the street

But I got a new job now

And I'm as learnin' real fast

I'm drivin' the bus

For the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

And his Cadillac

I'm driving that for him too

And that yacht he's got

And is there a plane??

Well, chauffeur, show good I always say

Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it...