Josh Turner - The Caretaker lyrics
[Josh Turner - 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
Then 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 Josh dies?
Who's going to cry when old Josh 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 plant 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 Josh is gone?
But who's going to cry when old Josh dies?
Who's going to cry when old Josh 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
Then 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 Josh dies?
Who's going to cry when old Josh 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 plant 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 Josh is gone?
But who's going to cry when old Josh dies?
Who's going to cry when old Josh dies?