Saturday Classics – 15072023 – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

I have been listening to Jason Isbell for some time as well as Emmylou Harris. No other reason for this song.

“Tupelo” is a song about the hope people can construct to escape their problems, no matter how false those hopes are.

I haven’t been wasted in a long time
But tonight it feels just fine
Riding home with the windows up
Alone with a plastic cup of real good wine

When I get out of this hole I’m goin’ to Tupelo
There’s a girl out there that’ll treat me fair
You get about a week of spring and the summer is blistering
There ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there
No, there ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there

She said there’s nothing left to talk about
At my age I should’ve figured out
Which drawer to put the good knives in
And the wars between the weekend store and the playhouse town

I kept her close, but way too close to me
She never lived up to my memory
Driving fast with the windows down
A past I don’t belong to now, a mystery

I get out of this hole I’m goin’ to Tupelo
There’s a girl out there that will treat me fair
You get about a week of spring and then Summer is blistering
So there ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there
No, there ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there

When I get out of this hole I’m goin’ to Tupelo
There’s a girl out there that will treat me fair
Get about a week of spring and the summer is blistering
There ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there
Well, there ain’t no one from here that’ll follow me there

Lepis is hosting Saturday Classics, you can add your own link here Saturday Classics

On Her page she writes: This blog is back with hosting the Classics after few years break. This time we’ll be playing on Saturdays and you can link straight here on this own page. Rules: There are no rules, as long as the song you play is a classic in your mind. Linking open 8 am and closes 12 pm.