Empty Garden
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE...
Music by Elton John ~ Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Originally released on the album Jump Up, 1981
Empty Garden
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
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
Johnny can't you come out to play
in your empty garden
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