King of the Road
Roger Miller, 1964
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Trailers for sale or rent. Rooms to let, fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room.
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine.
Old worn-out suits and shoes, I don't pay no union dues.
I smoke old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around.
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the road.
chorus
I know every engineer on every train, All their children, and all of their names,
And every hand out in every town, And every lock that ain't locked. When no one's around, I sing, …