Tupelo Mississippi Flash Lyrics - Tom Jones

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 

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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 

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...