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The Kid From Tupelo

from Wild, Blue & True by Markus Rill

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The Kid From Tupelo
(Markus Rill)

He’s overweight and overpaid
he’s middle-aged
and he’s alone
the one he loves she went away
and he thinks about her every day
the only friends he’s got, they’re on his payroll

When he’s looking in the mirror
he don’t see the boy he used to know

But when he lets go, man, it’s rock’n’roll
and he once again feels like the wildest kid
in all of Tupelo

He’s got a bunch of TV sets
got a private jet
and he’s got his own jungle room
he takes sleeping pills
and he takes waking pills
and he don’t have all that much to do

When he sees his own reflection
it don’t look nothing like the boy he used to know

But when he lets go, man, it’s rock’n’roll
and he once again feels like the wildest kid
in all of Tupelo
He shakes his hips just so, curls his lip and you know
that he once again feels like the wildest kid
in all of Tupelo

I’ve been to Mississippi, I’ve even been to Graceland
I’ve walked where the King walked
and I just wish that I could sing just like he sang
I wish that I could sing just like the King sang

When he let go, man, it was rock’n’roll
and you know he must’ve been like the wildest kid
in all of Tupelo
He’d shake his hips just so, curl his lip and you’d know
that he really must’ve been the wildest kid
there never could’ve been a wilder kid
in all of Tupelo

credits

from Wild, Blue & True, released March 4, 2011
Markus Rill – vocal, acoustic guitar
Felix Leitner – electric slide guitar
Andi Obieglo – piano
Christoph Reiss – bass
Christoph Beck – drums, percussion
Robert Oberbeck – backing vocal

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Markus Rill München, Germany

»Songs that are beautifully shimmering with ambiguity - brilliant lyrics« - Rolling Stone"

"Rill shows great depth as a songwriter, bandleader and producer" - No Depression/USA

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