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King of the RoadR.E.M.

Released: May 15, 1984

Songwriter: Roger Miller

Producer: Don Dixon Mitch Easter

[Chorus 1]
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No cars no pool no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes

[Chorus 2]
It takes four hours of pushing broom
To buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room
I'm a man of means, by no means
King of the road

Take it slow

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]
It takes eight hours of pushing 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

[Chorus 2]
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

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]
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

R.E.M.

R.E.M. were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.

Berry quit the band in April 1997, as they were getting together to record demos for the album Up. He was not replaced on a permanent basis, but the band used an assortment of drummers in his place.

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