Trailers for sale or rent,
Rooms to let - 50 cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
Ain´t got no cigarettes, ah but
Two hours of pushing broom
buys an 8 by 12 four-bit room
He´s a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third box car midnight train
Destination Bangor, Maine
Old worn-out suits and shoes,
Don´t pay no union dues.
He smokes old stogies he has found
Short, but not too big around
He´s a man of means by no means
King of the road

(He knows) Every engineer on every train
All of their children and all of their names
And every hang-out in every town
Every lock that ain´t locked
When no one´s around.

I say, Trailers for sale or rent,
Rooms to let - 50 cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
Ain´t got no cigarettes.
I´ve got two hours of pushing broom
buys an 8 by 12 four-bit room
He´s a man of means by no means
King of the road.
King of the road.
King of the road.
King of the road.