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