《King of The Road》，歌中人物是一个流浪工人，即四处游走偶尔打一下零工的人。他知道哪里可以做两个小时清洁工，来抵一个晚上的房租。他坐不要钱的货运车，没有固定工作，所以不必付钱给工会。他知道所有可以免费得到东西的布施处。他绝不是一个有钱的人，但他却随心所欲，高兴做什么就做什么。
King of The Road
*Trailer 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 and 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 suit 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 the 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...
1．Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents No phone, no pool, no pets.
For sale 出售 For rent 出租=to let 例: there is an apartment for rent down the alley. =there is an apartment to let down the alley. 这条巷子里有一间公寓要出租。
2． Ah but two hours of pushin' broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit room.
=you can stay in an eight-by-twelve foot room which normally rents for fifty cents a night in exchange for sweeping two hours. 但只要扫两个小时地，就可住上一夜租费要5毛、8英尺宽、12英尺高的房间。 Broom n 扫帚，扫把 Broom 为可数名词，故就语法而言，此处pushing broom应改为pushing a broom才正确。此外，美国货币单位中，一个bit为12.5cents。 In exchange for 交换 例; I gave Tim my gloves in eexchange for his hat. 我用手套换提姆的帽子
3．I'm a man of means by no means.
= I'm in no way a wealthy man 我绝不是一个有钱的人。 Means n. 财富，财产；手段，方法 A man of means 有钱人 = a wealthy or financially secure man 例: He may not wear expensive clothes, but I can assure you that he is a man of means. 尽管他不穿昂贵的衣服，但我能向你保证他是一个有钱人。 By no means 绝不 =not at all =in no way By no means and in no way 为否定副词短语，置于句首时，要用倒装句式。 例：By no means is he as generous as you think he is. 他绝非你想象的那么慷慨。
4．Old worn-out suit and shoes. and every hand-out in every town
Worn-out 破旧的 例：the house is badly worn-out; nobody lives in it. 这房子破旧不堪，没有人住。 Hand-out 布施处；施舍物品
