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(Roger Miller) Trailer for sale or rent rooms to left fifty cents No phone no pool no pets ain't got no cigarettes But two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room I'm a man of means by no means king of the road. Third bocxcar midnight train destination Bangor Maine Old worn out suit and shoes 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. Every engineer on every train And all of the children and all of their names (And every hand-out in every town) Every lock that ain't locked when no one's around. I sing trailer for sale or rent rooms to left fifty cents No phone no pool no pets ain't got no cigarettes But two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room I'm a man of means by no means king of the road. King of the road, king of the road...

Dean Martin - King Of The Road lyrics(Roger Miller)[Chorus:]Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty centsNo phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettesAh but two hours of pushin' broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit roomI'm a man of means by no means, king of the roadThird boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor, MaineOld worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union duesI smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big aroundI'm a man of means by no means, king of the roadI know every engineer on every trainAll the children and all of their namesAnd every handout in every townAnd every lock that ain't locked when no-one's aroundI sing...[Chorus 2x] Beemp3 | Dean Martin - King Of The Road mp3

At the age of 15, he was a boxer who billed himself as Kid Crochet . His prizefighting years earned him a broken nose (later straightened), a scarred lip, and many sets of broken knuckles (a result of not being able to afford the tape used to wrap boxers' hands). Of his twelve bouts, he would later say I won all but eleven. [3] For a time, he roomed with Sonny King, who, like Martin, was just starting in show business and had little money. It is said that Martin and King held bare-knuckle matches in their apartment, fighting until one of them was knocked out; people paid to watch.

Eventually, Martin gave up boxing. He worked as a roulette stickman and croupier in an illegal casino behind a tobacco shop where he had started as a stock boy. At the same time, he sang with local bands. Calling himself Dino Martini (after the then-famous Metropolitan Opera tenor, Nino Martini), he got his first break working for the Ernie McKay Orchestra. He sang in a crooning style influenced by Harry Mills (of the Mills Brothers), among others. In the early 1940s, he started singing for bandleader Sammy Watkins, who suggested he change his name to Dean Martin.