Private John Q. Roger Miller

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...