Lyrics to
King Of The Road

This version of King Of The Road was released by Boney M in 1978.

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Trailers for sale or rent,
Rooms to let – 50 cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
Ain’t got no cigarettes, ah but
Two hours of pushing broom
buys an 8 by 12 four-bit room
He’s a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third box car midnight train
Destination Bangor, Maine
Old worn-out suits and shoes,
Don’t pay no union dues.
He smokes old stogies he has found
Short, but not too big around
He’s a man of means by no means
King of the road

(He knows) Every engineer on every train
All of their children and all of their names
And every hang-out in every town
Every lock that ain’t locked
When no one’s around.

I say, Trailers for sale or rent,
Rooms to let – 50 cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
Ain’t got no cigarettes.
I’ve got two hours of pushing broom
buys an 8 by 12 four-bit room
He’s 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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About Lyrics and King Of The Road by Boney M

When you decide to study the lyrics to King Of The Road, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Boney M. Some of the lyrics to King Of The Road have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Boney M and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to King Of The Road if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to King Of The Road" means the words set to the music of King Of The Road, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boney M. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to King Of The Road and the lyrics to King Of The Road are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boney M who came here looking just for the lyrics to King Of The Road, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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