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 lotWho 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

Nothin′ 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 knockin′, but no one answers

And I've been knockin′ most of 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 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 knockin', but no one answers

And I′ve been knockin′ most of the day

Oh, and I've been callin′, "Oh, hey, hey, Johnny

Can you come out to play?"

And I've been knockin′, but no one answers

And I've been knockin′ most of the day

Oh, and I've been callin', "Oh, hey, hey, Johnny

Can you come out?"

Can 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?

Johnny, can′t you come out to play in your empty garden?