Im gonna tell you a thats all about This job I had one as a talent scout
I had a hard day at the office and the wasnt in town The day this hired legged guitar just happened to come around Well, he into my office with a great big grin And thats where my story really begins
He said, Son my name is Boregard I to you from Tupelo Mississippi I write songs sing like a bird I play licks on my guitar like you never heard"
"But Im down on my luck, are just a little slack I gotta quarter in my and a shirt on my back But you buy me some supper, me a place I can sleep" He said, Ill sing you some Thatll your head to creak, I got talent boy" Said, "Back they call me the Tupelo Mississippi Flash"
Well, I knew I was in a with some kind of a nut When he out that pack of used cigarette butts So thats when I him, We cant use you today So I handed the boy a dollar and I him on his way
Well, the got back and we both had a laugh When I told him bout the Tupelo Flash And pretty soon I had the story around this Mississippi nut that we had in our town
I said, him everybody, the boys squirrely He around callin' himself the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, and it happened one day I was drivin' to my home I just happened to have my car on When I heard the jockey ravin' about a brand new By a kid called the Mississippi Flash
Well, I almost my automobile I through a red light, I hit the traffic cop, why
Well, my storys got an ending and its and sweet The boss man he fired me and left me out in the But I got a new job now and Im learnin real Im the bus for the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And his Cadillac, Im that for him too And that yacht hes got, and his Well, chauffeur, so good, I say Tupelo Mississippi, who heard of it, why
kill the boy Help him