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