What happened here
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden 
Among the flagstones there
Whooo-ooo-whooo-ooo lived here
He must have been a gardener 
That cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears 
And grew a good crop
But 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
Whooo-ooo-whooo-ooo 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 he could hear
Whooo-ooo-whooo-ooo 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 you come 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 you come out 
Can't you come out to play 
Johnny, can't you come out to play
In your empty garden
Johnny, can't you come out to play
In your empty garden
Johnny, can't you come out to play
In your empty garden
Johnny, can't you come out to play
In your empty garden
Johnny, can't you come out to play
In your empty garden