Ray Conniff - King of the road

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Uploaded by on Mar 12, 2009

SOMEWHERE MY LOVE
Album No. 31
1966
King of the road
Roger Miller

Ray Conniff

Lyrics:

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I aint got no cigarettes. Ah, but
two hours of pushin´ broom,

Buys an eight by twelve for bit room

I´m a man of means by no means, king of the road.




Third box car, midnight train, destination: Bangor, Maine

Old worn out suit and shoes, he dont pay no Union dues

He smokes old stogies he has found, short but no too big around

Hes a man of means by no means, king of the road.




I know every engineer on every train, all of their children and all of their names

And every handout in every town, and every lock that ain´t locked

When nones around, I sing:


Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I aint got no cigarettes

Ah, but...

...two hours of pushing broom, Buys an eight by twelve for bit room

I´m a... man of means by no means

King of the road, king of the road

King of the road!

King of the road!

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Uploader Comments (ELCIDVIVAR)

  • great song

  • Thanks!!!

Top Comments

  • DRAMATIC for a Conniff.... great listening to an old one

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  • i never did understand the song back then, but the music was nice.

  • Mccandless's favorite song by him

  • wow,im growing up with this music,nice to hear it again.

  • It can sound like "Two hours of pushin broom buys a eight by twelve, four bedroom" dropping the extra "by" before the four to fit the song

  • "Buys an eight by twelve for bit room"

    should read

    "Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room"

    Four bits equals 50 cents, as in "rooms to let fifty cents"

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