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
  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 through 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 every drop that falls
  We hear, we hear your name
    Johnny can't you come out to play in your empty garden