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
gardener like that one no one can replace

And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking most of the day
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can't [bad word] 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

And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking most of the day
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can't [bad word] out to play?

And I've been knocking but no one answers
And I've been knocking most of the day
Oh and I've been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can't [bad word] out?
Can't [bad word] out to play?

Johnny, can't [bad word] out to play in your empty garden? (6x)