Well, they call me Jimmy Martin

And they say that I can sing

Of them lonesome broken-hearted

Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king



I was born up in the mountains

I was raised in poverty

Made a guitar out of nothing

But a cigar box and strings



Took a bus across to Nashville

And that's where I was employed

Picking guitar and singing tenor

With Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys



Yeah, they call me Jimmy Martin

And they say that I can sing

Of them lonesome broken-hearted

Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king



Back in 1959

With the Sunny Mountain Boys

On that Louisiana Hayride

You never heard such a wondrous noise



We tore it up at the Grand Ole Opry

Walkin' Shoes and Free Born Man

But the circle is still broken

My greatest dream slipped through my hands



Well, they call me Jimmy Martin

And they say that I can sing

Of them lonesome broken-hearted

Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king



Of them lonesome broken-hearted

Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king