Album: Roger Miller Dang Me (Roger And Out)

Private John Q


Well I read it 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 about me

Well can¡¯t you just see me now chin up and chest out
A hup-2-3-4 all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about something or other
Who¡¯s gonna worry about Private John Q

Sometimes I get disheartened I 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¡¯ll be
A-runnin¡¯ helter skelter for the shelter underground

Well can¡¯t you just see me now chin up and chest out
A hup-2-3-4 all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about something or other
Who¡¯s gonna worry about Private John Q

When I was a little boy I used to sit and dream of travellin¡¯
To lots of foreign countries on sight-seeing tours
The way it¡¯s looking now I can stop saving money
Maybe go free, sponsored by the third world war

Well can¡¯t you just see me now chin up and chest out
A hup-2-3-4 all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about something or other
Who¡¯s gonna worry about Private John Q

Well can¡¯t you just see me now chin up and chest out
A hup-2-3-4 all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about something or other
Who¡¯s gonna worry about Private John Q
Hup-2-3-4-5-6-