Do you remember a song by Johnny Cash -


THE CARETAKER
Words and music by Johnny Cash
As recorded by Johnny Cash on “Songs of Our Soil” (1959)

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, 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 as contented as the peaceful dead.

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 want to say, when my time comes,
Lay me facin' the risin' 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 will let some grow from me.
And all the little children that I loved 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?



Bobby Bob