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[Verse]

He said: Son my name is Boregard Rippy
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I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi
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I write songs that'll sing like a bird
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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
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I gotta quarter in my pocket

And a shirt on my back
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You buy me some supper

And give me a place I can sleep
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I'll sing you some songs

That'll rock your head to sleep
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I got talent boy
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Said back home they call me
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The Tupelo Mississippi Flash


[Verse 2]

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Well, I knew I was in a room

With some kind of a nut
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When he pulled out that pack

Of used cigarette butts
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So that's when I told him

"We can't use you today"
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So I handed the boy a dollar

And sent him on his way

Well, the boss got back

And we both had a laugh
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When I told him

'Bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
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And pretty soon I had the story circling around
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About this Mississippi nut

That we had in our town
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I said: Watch him everybody

The boy's squirrelly
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He walks around calling himself
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The Tupelo Mississippi Flash


[Verse 3]

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Well, it happened one day

While I was driving to my home
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I just happened to have my car radio on
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When I heard the jockey raving about

A brand new smash
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By a kid called

The Tupelo Mississippi Flash
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I almost wrecked my automobile
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I went through a red light
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I hit the traffic cop


[Verse 4]

Well, my story's got an ending

And it's short and sweet
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You know the boss man he fired me

And left me out in the street
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But I got a new job now

And I'm as learnin' real fast
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I'm drivin' the bus

For the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
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And his Cadillac

I'm driving that for him too
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And that yacht he's got
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And that big fat a plane?
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Well, chauffeur, show good I always say
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Tupelo Mississippi, who ever heard of it
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