Jimmy Martin Lyrics - Speed Of Life - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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 

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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 

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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