Johnny Cash - The Caretaker lyrics
[Johnny Cash - The Caretaker lyrics]
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
But through their grief i can still see
Their hate and greed and jealousy
So 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 dead
But who's going to cry when old John dies?
Who's going to 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 want to say when my time comes
Lay me facing the rising sun
Put me in a corner where I buried my pup
Tell the preacher to pray then cover me up
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?
But who's going to cry when old John dies?
Who's going to cry when old John dies?
'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
But through their grief i can still see
Their hate and greed and jealousy
So 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 dead
But who's going to cry when old John dies?
Who's going to 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 want to say when my time comes
Lay me facing the rising sun
Put me in a corner where I buried my pup
Tell the preacher to pray then cover me up
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?
But who's going to cry when old John dies?
Who's going to cry when old John dies?