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Tupelo Mississippi Flash Lyrics

Artist: Jerry Reed
Album: Nashville Underground

Tupelo Mississippi Flash

Iâ‚¬â„¢m gonna tell you a story thatâ‚¬â„¢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 wasnâ‚¬â„¢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 thatâ‚¬â„¢s where my story really begins.

He said, â‚¬Å“Son my name is Boregard Rippy.
I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi.
I write songs thatâ‚¬â„¢ll sing like a bird,
I play licks on my guitar like you ainâ‚¬â„¢t never heard.

But Iâ‚¬â„¢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 â‚¬Å“Iâ‚¬â„¢ll sing you some songs thatâ‚¬â„¢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 thatâ‚¬â„¢s when I told him â‚¬Å“We canâ‚¬â„¢t use you todayâ‚¬?
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 â‚¬Ëœbout 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, â‚¬Å“watch him everybody, the boyâ‚¬â„¢s squirrelly!
He walks around calling himself the Tupelo Mississippi Flash.â‚¬?

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 storyâ‚¬â„¢s got an ending and itâ‚¬â„¢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 Iâ‚¬â„¢m as learninâ‚¬â„¢ real fast
Iâ‚¬â„¢m drivinâ‚¬â„¢ the bus for the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

And his Cadillac Iâ‚¬â„¢m driving that for him too
And that yacht heâ‚¬â„¢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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