Im gonna you a story thats all about This job I had one time as a talent
I had a hard day at the office and the wasnt in town The day this hired legged guitar picker happened to come around Well, he walks into my office with a great big And folks thats my story really begins
He said, Son my name is Rippy I to you from Tupelo Mississippi I write songs thatll sing a bird I play on my guitar like you aint 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 home they call me the Tupelo Flash"
Well, I I was in a room with some kind of a nut When he pulled out that pack of used butts So thats when I him, We cant use you today So I the boy a dollar and I sent him on his way
Well, the boss got back and we both had a When I told him bout the Tupelo Flash And pretty I had the story circlin' around About 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 while I was drivin' to my I just to have my car radio on When I heard the ravin' about a brand new smash By a kid called the Tupelo Flash
Well, I almost my automobile I went a red light, I hit the traffic cop, why
Well, my storys got an and its short 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 drivin the bus for the Tupelo Flash
And his Cadillac, Im that for him too And yacht hes got, and his aeroplane Well, chauffeur, so good, I say Mississippi, who ever heard of it, why
I'll the boy him somebody