Johnny cash the caretaker lyrics

I live in the cemetery ol' 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 and they all go away 



But through their grief I still can see their hate and greed and jealousy 



So here I work and I somehow hide from a world that rushes by outside 



And 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 I lost my handsome curls 



But I wanna say when my time comes lay me facing the rising sun 



Put me in the corner where 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 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