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.