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Verse

I live in the cemetery

Oh Caretaker they call me

In the winter time 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 thru 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

Chorus

But who's gonna cry when old John dies

Who's gonna cry when old John dies

Verse

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 a corner where I buried my pop

Tell the preacher to pray and cover me up

Don't lay flowers where my head should be

Maybe God will let some grow from me

And all the little childern that I loved like my own

Will they be sorry that old John's gone

Chorus

Who's gonna cry when old John dies

Who's gonna cry when old John dies