Im tell you a story 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 picker just happened to around Well, he walks my office with a great big grin And thats where my story really begins
He said, Son my name is Rippy I come to you Tupelo Mississippi I write songs sing like a bird I play on my guitar like you aint never heard"
"But Im down on my luck, things are just a little I gotta in my pocket and a shirt on my back But you buy me some supper, give me a I can sleep" He said, Ill you some songs Thatll knock your head to creak, I got boy" Said, "Back home they me the Tupelo Mississippi Flash"
Well, I I was in a room with some kind of a nut When he pulled out pack of used cigarette butts So when I told him, We cant use you today So I handed the boy a and I sent him on his way
Well, the boss got back and we both had a When I him bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash And pretty soon I had the story circlin' About Mississippi nut that we had in our town
I said, Watch him everybody, the boys He walks around callin' the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, and it happened one day I was drivin' to my home I just to have my car radio on When I heard the jockey about a brand new smash By a kid called the Tupelo Mississippi
Well, I wrecked my automobile I went through a red light, I hit the cop, why
Well, my storys got an ending and its and sweet The man he fired me and left me out in the street But I got a new job now and Im real fast 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