What happened here?
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there.
Who lived here?
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
But now it all looks strange, it's funny how one insect
Can damage so much grain.
And what's it for?
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
And in the cracks along the sidewalk, nothing grows no more.
Who lived here?
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
And we are so amazed, we're crippled and we're dazed
A gardener like that one, no one can replace.
And I've been knocking, but no one answers
And I've been knocking most of the day
Oh, and I've been calling, "Oh, Hey Hey Johnny"
Can't you come out to play.
And through their tears,
Some say he farmed his best in youngers years
But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear.
Who lived there?
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls
We hear, we hear your name.
And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking, most of the day
Oh, and I've been calling "Oh, hey hey Johnny"
Can't you come out, can't you come out to play.
Johnny
Can't you come out to play in your empty garden?
Johnny?
