Im gonna tell you a story thats all This job I had one time as a 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 walks into my office a great big grin And folks thats where my story really
He said, Son my name is Rippy I come to you from Tupelo I write songs sing like a bird I play licks on my guitar like you never heard"
"But Im down on my luck, things are a little slack I gotta in my pocket and a shirt on my back But you buy me supper, give me a place 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 he pulled 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 boss got and we both had a laugh When I told him bout the Tupelo Mississippi And pretty soon I had the circlin' around About this Mississippi nut that we had in our
I said, Watch him everybody, the squirrely He walks around callin' the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, and it one day while I was drivin' to my home I just happened to have my car on When I heard the ravin' about a brand new smash By a kid called the Mississippi Flash
Well, I almost wrecked my I went a red light, I hit the traffic 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 learnin fast Im drivin the bus for the Tupelo Flash
And his Cadillac, Im driving for him too And that yacht hes got, and his Well, chauffeur, so good, I say Mississippi, who ever heard of it, why
I'll the boy Help him