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 boss wasnt in The day this hired legged guitar picker happened to come around Well, he walks into my office a great big grin And thats where my story really begins
He said, Son my name is Boregard I come to you from Mississippi I songs thatll sing like a bird I play on my guitar like you aint never heard"
"But Im on my luck, things are just a little slack I quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back But you buy me some supper, give me a I can sleep" He said, Ill sing you songs Thatll knock your 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 pulled out that of used cigarette butts So when I told 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 the Tupelo Mississippi Flash And pretty I had the story circlin' around About this Mississippi nut that we had in our
I said, him everybody, the boys squirrely He walks around callin' himself the Tupelo 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 jockey ravin' a brand new smash By a kid called the Tupelo Mississippi
Well, I almost my automobile I through a red light, I hit the traffic cop, why
Well, my storys got an and its short and sweet The boss man he 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 hes got, and his aeroplane Well, chauffeur, so good, I say Tupelo Mississippi, who heard of it, why
I'll the boy Help him