Roger Miller — Private John Q

Well, I read in the papers and I see it on the television Everybody's worried about World War Three Here I am, a single boy, unemployed and everything Somebody better stop and worry bout me Well, can't you just see me now, chin up and chest out A-hup two three four all day through? Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other Who's gonna worry bout Private John Q? Rumbumbaduba... Sometimes I get disheartened and try not to even 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-skelter for their shelter underground Well, can't you just see me now... When I was a little boy, I used to sit and dream of travelin' To lotsa foreign countries on 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... Well, can't you just see me now...