Private John Q Lyrics - Roger Miller

Well, I read in the papers and I see it on the televison 

Everybody's scared about the World War III 

Here I am a single boy, unemployment and everything 

Somebody better stop and worry about me 

Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out 

A hup two, three, four, all day through 

Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other 

Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba 

Sometimes I get disheartened and try hard not to think about it 

Heaven knows it's hard to keep from lettin' it get me down 

But I'll stand proud when everybody else will be 

Runnin' helter shelter for a shelter underground 

Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out 

A hup two, three, four, all day through 

Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other 

Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba 

When I was a little boy I used to sit and dream of travelin' 

To lotsa foreign countries on a sight seein' tours 

The way it's lookin' now I can stop savin' money maybe 

Go free sponsored by a Third World War 

Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out 

A hup two, three, four, all day through 

Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other 

Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba 

Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out 

A hup two, three, four, all day through 

Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other 

Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba