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JOHNNY CASH lyrics : "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
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?

Who's gonna cry

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


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