Son my name is Boregard Rippy
I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi
I write songs that'll sing like a bird
I play licks on my guitar
Like you ain't never heard
But I'm down on my luck
And things are just a little slack
I gotta quarter in my pocket
And a shirt on my back
You buy me some supper
And give me a place I can sleep
He said: I'll sing you some songs
That'll rock your head to sleep
I got talent boy
Said back home they call me
The Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, I knew I was in a room
With some kind of a nut
When he pulled out that pack
Of used cigarette butts
So that's when I told him
"We can't use you today"
So I handed the boy a dollar
And sent him on his way
Well, the boss got back
And we both had a laugh
When I told him
'Bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And pretty soon I had the story circling around
About this Mississippi nut
That we had in our town
I said,
Watch him everybody
The boy's squirrely
He walks around calling himself
The Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, it happened one day
While I was driving to my home
I just happened to have my car radio on
When I heard the jockey raving about
A brand new smash
By a kid called
The Tupelo Mississippi Flash
I almost wrecked my automobile
I went through a red light
I hit the traffic cop
Well, my story's got an ending
And it's short and sweet
The boss man he fired me
And left me out in the street
But I got a new job now
And I'm as learnin' real fast
I'm drivin' the bus
For the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And his Cadillac
I'm driving that for him too
And that yacht he's got
And is there a plane??
Well, chauffeur, show good I always say
Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it
He said: Son my name is Boregard Rippy I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi I write songs that'll sing like a bird I play licks on my guitar Like you ain't never heard But I'm down on my luck And things are just a little slack I gotta quarter in my pocket And a shirt on my back You buy me some supper And give me a place I can sleep He said: I'll sing you some songs That'll rock your head to sleep I got talent boy Said back home they call me The Tupelo Mississippi Flash Well, I knew I was in a room With some kind of a nut When he pulled out that pack Of used cigarette butts So that's when I told him "We can't use you today" So I handed the boy a dollar And sent him on his way Well, the boss got back And we both had a laugh When I told him 'Bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash And pretty soon I had the story circling around About this Mississippi nut That we had in our town I said, Watch him everybody The boy's squirrely He walks around calling himself The Tupelo Mississippi Flash Well, it happened one day While I was driving to my home I just happened to have my car radio on When I heard the jockey raving about A brand new smash By a kid called The Tupelo Mississippi Flash I almost wrecked my automobile I went through a red light I hit the traffic cop Well, my story's got an ending And it's short and sweet The boss man he fired me And left me out in the street But I got a new job now And I'm as learnin' real fast I'm drivin' the bus For the Tupelo Mississippi Flash And his Cadillac I'm driving that for him too And that yacht he's got And is there a plane?? Well, chauffeur, show good I always say Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it Explain Request ×
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