EMPTY GARDEN (Hey Hey Johnny) by Elton John

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

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 all the day

Oh and I've been calling

Oh hey hey Johnny

Can't you come out to play?

And thru their tears

Some say he farmed his best in younger 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 ev'ry drop that pours

We hear, we hear your name

And I've been knocking

But no one answers

And I've been knocking

Most all the day

Oh and I've been calling

Oh hey hey Johnny

Can't you come out to play

And I've been knocking

But no one answers

And I've been knocking

Most all 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

(Repeat)

Written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Track from "Jump Up!"