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
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