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.