Boom, boom, boom, boom-ba-do-ba-do-ba Boom-ba-doom, boom, boom Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents No phone, no pool, no pets I ain't got no cigarettes All but two hours of pushin' broom Bars and eight-by-twelve four-bedroom I'm a man of means by no means King of the road Third-box car, midnight train Destination, Wrangler, Maine All suit and worn-out shoes I don't pay no union dues Smoked-hole stogies I have found Short but not too big a round 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 names And every handout in every town And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around to sing Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents No phone, no pool, no pets I ain't got no cigarettes All but two hours of pushin' broom Bars and eight-by-twelve four-bedroom I'm a man of means by no means King of the road King of the road