Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Tupelo Mississippi Flash, artist - Tom Jones. Album song Hide & Seek, in the genre ЭстрадаDate of issue: 12.03.2020
Record label: Decca
Song language: English
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… |