Lyrics Johnny Cash – The Caretaker

I live in the cemetery
‘Old Caretaker’ they call me
In the wintertime I rake the leaves
And in the summer I cut the weeds

When a funeral comes
The people cry and pray
They bury their dead
Then they all go away

And here I work
And I somehow hide
From a world that rushes
By outside

But each night
When I rest my head
I’m contented
As the peaceful death

But who’s gonna cry
When old John dies?
Who’s gonna cry
When old John dies?

Once I was a young man
Dashing with the girls
Now no one wants an old man
When I lost my handsome curls

But I wanna say
When my time comes
Lay me facin’
The rising sun

Put me in a corner
Where I buried my pup

Don’t lay flowers
Where my head should be
Maybe God would
Let some grow for me

And all the little children
That I love like my own
Will they be sorry
That Old John’s gone?

Who’s gonna cry
When Old John dies?
Who’s gonna cry
When Old John dies?