Lyrics The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers

King of the Road

Trailer 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 twelve four-bit room

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

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road

I know every engineer on every train

All of the children and all of their names

Every handout in every town

And every lock that ain't locked when no-one's around

I sing

Trailers for sale or rent

Roms 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 twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road

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 an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road

Trailers for sale or rent

Rooms to let fifty cents

No phone, no pool, no pets