Текст песни Empty garden (hey hey Johnny), Elton John

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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
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