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King of the Road Lyrics

Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No cars no pool no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes

It takes four hours of pushin' broom
To buy a four-by-twelve two-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 cars no pool no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes

It takes eight hours of pushin' broom
To buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room
I'm a man of man, by no means
King of the road, take it Slim

It takes eight hours of pushin' broom
To buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room
I'm a man of man, by no means
King of the road, one more time

Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No cars no pool no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes

It takes eight hours of pushin' broom
To buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room
I'm a man of man, by no means
King of the road, take it Slim
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Cover art for King of the Road lyrics by R.E.M.

Peter Buck wrote in the liner notes of “Dead Letter Office” “Roger Miller should be able to sue us for what we did to his song.”

Immediately thereafter he writes “Well, not a very uplifting way to end the album”.

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