Standard (EADGBE)

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 who 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 gardener who 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

Chorus

And I've been knockin'

and no one answers

And I've beeen knockin'

most all the day

Oh, and I've been callin'

oh, hey, hey Johnny

can't you come out to play?

And through their tears

some say he farmed his best in younger years

but he'd have said the roots grow stronger

If only he were here

Who lived here? He must have been a gardener who cared a lot

who weeded out the tears and grew good crop

Now we pray for rain

And with every drop that pours

we hear, we hear your name

Chorus

And I've been knockin'

and no one answers

And I've been knockin'

most all the day

oh, and I've been calling

oh, hey, hey Johnny

can't you come out, can't you come out and play

Johnny, can't you come out to play in your Empty Garden

(repeat)