King of The Road

《King of The Road》
Artist：Roger Miller

　　《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...

歌词大意

公路之王
*拖车租了卖了吧，屋里还有5毛钱啊
没电话没泳池没宠物啊，我就想抽支烟
2个小时大甩卖呀，8小时住便宜房间里
我就是个无聊男呀，我就是路霸 *
午夜开来的第三辆货车呀，目标开往Bangor, Maine
鞋儿破衣服破呀，就是不给工会缴钱
我翻出了一双旧靴子呀，短了点但是还合脚
我就是无聊男呀我是路霸
我认识火车上的技术员呀
还知道每个小家伙叫什么
知道各个小镇的小道消息呀
还知道谁离家不锁门。。。
我唱呀唱呀唱。。。。

歌词、句型分析

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