Tupelo Mississippi Flash Lyrics - Jerry Reed

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Tupelo Mississippi Flash

I�m gonna tell you a story that�s all about
This job I had one time as a talent scout, hmm.

I had a hard day at the office and the boss wasn�t in town
The day this hired legged guitar picker just happened to come around.

Well, he walks in my office with a great big grin,
And folks that�s where my story really begins.

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.
But 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 squirrelly!
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....Why??

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, chauffeur I hear him say
Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it...........

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