Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Jump Up
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
And now it all looks strange
Its funny how one insect can damage so much grain
And whats 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 were crippled and were dazed
A gardener like that one no one can replace
And Ive been knocking but no one answers
And Ive been knocking most all the day
Oh and Ive been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Cant you come out to play
And through their tears
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
But hed 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
Johnny cant you come out to play in your empty garden
