Tupelo Mississippi Flash
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All I gotta do now is thank you
And say I'm gonna tell you a story
All about this job that I had one time as a talent scout
I'd been having hard days in the office, the boss wasn't in town
Best day there's a hard-legged guitar
Picker just happened to come around
He walks in my office, got a great big grin
And folks, that's where the story really begins
Boogie woogie
What's his name? (Rock 'n' roll)
What's his name? (Rock 'n' roll)
What's the cat's flow? What's his name? Where'd he go?
Tell me what's his name? (Rock 'n' roll)
Well, my name is Bo Diddley
And I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi
I write songs and I sing like a bird
Let me lick some of your guitar like you never ever heard
But I'm down on my luck, things are going slack
Find a quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back
Find me some supper, dear, place I can sleep
I'll sing you some song and get right up the creek
I got the talent, boy
Back home they call me the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Well, I just knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut
He pulled out a pack of used cigarette butts
That's when I told him, "We can't use you today"
I handed my boy a dollar and sent him on his way
The bus got back, we both had a laugh
I told him about the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Pretty soon they had the story circulating around
About a Mississippi notice in a hillbilly town
Watch him, that boy's good
Walked 'round calling himself the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
You know what happened one day?
I was driving to my home
I just happened to have my car radio on
Heard a jockey raving 'bout some brand new smash
By a cat called the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
I almost wrecked my automobile
Went clean through the red light
I hit the traffic cop, it was so absurd
Blew my mind, this is what I heard
That's all right
My story's gotten in short and sweet
The boss asked my name and I made out in the street
Got a new job now, living in new pants
I'm a-driving a little buzz for the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
And his Cadillac I'm driving that for him too
And anything he's got, he's got
And his airplane
So for sure can I would say
Tupelo Mississippi, you ever heard it?