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Artist: Boxcar Willie
Canonical path: /boxcar-willie/king-of-the-road
Related lyric paths: 6
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King Of The Road
Read King Of The Road lyrics by Boxcar Willie on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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King Of The Road
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Trailers 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 ten four-bed room
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road
Third boxcar, the 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
And all of the children and all of their name
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no-one's around
I sing trailers 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 ten four-bed room
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road
King of the road, king of the road
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Boxcar Willie performs "King Of The Road", and this lyric page sits inside the Boxcar Willie catalog on LyroVerse.
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