Boy From Tupelo

Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle, Julie Miller, Malcolm Burn, Ethan Johns

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has released many chart-topping albums and singles over the course of her career, and has won 12 Grammys and numerous other awards. more »


Year:
2000
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You don't love me this I know
Don't need a bible to tell me so
I hung around a little too long
I was good but now I'm gone

Like the buffalo
That boy from Tupelo
Any way the wind can blow
That's where I'm gonna go
I'll be gone like a five and dime
It'll be the perfect crime
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
He's the king and he oughta know

The shoulder I've been leanin' on
Is the coldest place I've ever known
There's nothin' left for me round here
Looks like it's time to disappear

Like the buffalo
That boy from Tupelo
The old wall down in Jericho
Maybelle on the radio
I'll be gone like the five and dime
It'll be the perfect crime
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
He's the king and he oughta know

You don't love me, this I know
Don't need a bible to tell me so
It's a shame and it's a sin
Everything I coulda been to you

Your last chance Texaco
Your sweetheart of the rodeo
A Juliet to your romeo
The border you cross into Mexico
I'll never understand why or how
Oh but baby its too late now
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
He's the king and he oughta know

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Written by: EMMYLOU HARRIS

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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  • Bob Jarvis
    Bob Jarvis
    This song is so full of what's gone and lost - wonderful images of passing and loss from the trivial -'like a five and dime' to the biblical - 'the old wall in Jehrico' haunt the air. But really its personal - 'I was good but now I'm gone' as the car speeds past ('last chance Texaco/ the border you cross into Mexico') share the hurt behind the endless journey, even Elvis suffers. 
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