Lyrics The Caretaker - Mono Version - Johnny Cash
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
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
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
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?
Who's
going
to
cry
when
old
John
dies?
Who's
going
to
cry
when
old
John
dies?
Album
Songs Of Our Soil
1 Five Feet High and Rising
2 The Great Speckle Bird - Mono Version
3 Clementine - Mono Version
4 Drink to Me - Mono Version
5 The Man on the Hill - Mono Version
6 Hank and Joe and Me - Mono Version
7 I Want to Go Home - Mono Version
8 The Caretaker - Mono Version
9 Old Apache Squaw - Mono Version
10 Don't Step on Mother's Roses - Mono Version
11 My Grandfather's Clock - Mono Version
12 It Could Be You (Instead of Him) - Mono Version
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