Words & Music
Roger Miller
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C
Trailer for
sale or rent. Rooms to let for
fifty cents.
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No phone, no
pool, no pets; I ain't got no cigarettes.
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Ah, but two
hours of pushing broom
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C
Buys a eight
by twelve, four-bit room.
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C
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.
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C
I'm a man of
means by no means: King of the
Road.
BRIDGE:
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I know every
engineer on every train,
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C
All of the
children and all of their names,
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And every handout
in every town,
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And every
lock that ain't locked when no one's a-round.
I sing: [repeat first verse]