KING OF THE ROAD
(Roger Miller)
Roger Miller - 1965
Dean Martin - 1965
Jewel Akens - 1965
Pat Boone - 1966
Wes Montgomery - 1966
Boots Randolph - 1971
george Jones - 1972
Randy Travis - 1997
Also recorded by:
Billy Preston; Muriel Anderson; Ed Bruce; Jerry Lee Lewis; Val Doonican;
Floyd Cramer; Glen Campbell; R.E.M.; Dick Contino; Western Union;
Faron Young; Boney M; Johnny Cash; Boxcar Willie; Dick Merrick; Jim White.
Trailer 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 a 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 suit 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
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no-one's around
I sing...
Trailer 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 a eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means,
King of the road