KING OF THE ROAD


Trail-er__ for sale or ent,__
Rooms__ to let__fif-ty cents.__
No phone,  no pool,  no pets;__
I ain't got no cig - a -retts,__
Ah, but  two hours_ of push-ing brooom
Buys a  eight__ by twelve four bit room.__
I'm   a   man   of  means by no means,
King___ Of  The  Road.

Third box__ car  mid-night train,__
Des - ti - na - tion: Ban-gor, Maine.___ 
Old worn__ out suit and shoes,__
I don't pay  no un-ion dues.___
I smoke  old  sto - gies I have found,___
Short __but not too big a - round
I'm   a   man   of  means by no means,
King___ Of  The  Road.

I know ev-er-y en-gi-neer on ev-er-y train,__
All of the chil-dren and all of their names
And ev-er-y hand-out in ev-er-y town,__
And ev-'ry lock that ain't locked when no one's a-round.

I sing Trail-er__ for sale or ent,__
Rooms__ to let__fif-ty cents.__
No phone,  no pool,  no pets;__
I ain't got no cig - a -retts,__
Ah, but  two hours_ of push-ing brooom
Buys a  eight__ by twelve four bit room.__
I'm   a   man   of  means by no means,
King___ Of  The  Road.

Circa 1964
Words and Music by Roger Miller


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