CAPO FRET ONE 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)