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To: djone
Reminds me of Roger Miller's "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.

Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out suits 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 their children, and all of their names
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 an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Watch Roger Miller perform...

26 posted on 06/09/2012 10:18:50 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: raybbr

great post! Fitting for the culture of the time. I remember singing this when I was younger.


29 posted on 06/09/2012 10:45:41 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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