Empty
Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) es una balada muy famosa. Fue lanzada como parte
del álbum Jump Up! en
Marzo de 1982. Rápidamente alcanzó la posición #13 en el Singles
Chart de los Estados Unidos. Elton dedicó esta canción a la memoria del desaparecido
Beattle, John Lennon, quien tristemente murió asesinado frente a su apartamento en
la Ciudad de Nueva York, a manos de un fanático obsesionado, el 8 de Diciembre de
1980. Elton y John Lennon eran muy buenos amigos. Juntos cantaron a
dúo uno de los éxitos de Lennon (de
1974) llamado "Whatever gets you thru the night". Esta actuación juntos se dió en 1974, en el último concierto de
Lennon. Como parte de su Tour "Jump Up!", Elton cantó la canción Empty Garden en ese
mismo recinto, con la viuda de Lennon, Yoko Ono, y su hijo Sean en la
audiencia. Elton es el padrino de Sean.
De tal manera que el "Empty Garden" mencionado en la canción se refiere al Madison Square Garden. Elton rara vez canta esa canción en sus conciertos, dado que él mismo ha expresado que le trae muchos recuerdos dolorosos sobre la muerte de John Lennon. La canta de vez en cuando, y donde más la canta es en el Madison Square Garden. Pienso que si llegara a cantarla en Panamá, ese sería uno de los momentos más solemnes del concierto, y merecería una ovación interminable. Quién quita... pero lo dudo.
De tal manera que el "Empty Garden" mencionado en la canción se refiere al Madison Square Garden. Elton rara vez canta esa canción en sus conciertos, dado que él mismo ha expresado que le trae muchos recuerdos dolorosos sobre la muerte de John Lennon. La canta de vez en cuando, y donde más la canta es en el Madison Square Garden. Pienso que si llegara a cantarla en Panamá, ese sería uno de los momentos más solemnes del concierto, y merecería una ovación interminable. Quién quita... pero lo dudo.
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
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
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
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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