The Caretaker Full Lyrics
[00:00.23] I live in the cemetery, "Ol' caretaker" they call me
[00:07.07] In the wintertime, I rake the leaves
[00:10.18] And in the summer, I cut the weeds
[00:14.00] When a funeral comes, the people cry and pray
[00:18.74] They bury their dead, then they all go away
[00:23.00] But through their grief I still can see their hate, and greed, and jealousy
[00:31.47] So here I work, and I somehow hide from a world that rushes by outside
[00:37.46] And each night when I rest my head, I'm contented as the peaceful death
[00:50.47] But who's gonna cry when old John dies?
[00:53.77] Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
[00:59.63] Once, I was a young man dashing with the girls
[01:06.20] Now, no one wants an old man, I lost my handsome curls
[01:13.93] But I wanna say, when my time comes, lay me facing the rising sun
[01:22.90] Put me in the corner where I buried my pop
[01:26.32] Tell the preacher to pray, then cover me up
[01:30.83] Don't lay flowers where my head should be
[01:34.64] Maybe God will let some grow for me
[01:38.54] And all the little children that I love like my own
[01:42.31] Will they be sorry that old John's gone?
[01:50.66] Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
[01:53.68] Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
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