What is the meaning of Elton John Song Empty Garden?

Answer 1

it's a tribute to John Lennon. Elton John is godfather to Sean Lennon.

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

Johnny can't you come out to play in your empty garden

Answer 2

its a emotional tribute to John Lennon. he barely ever plays that song in concert. i also heard Elton John is actually Sean Lennon's godfather.

this is also something i found

Elton John's "Empty Garden" has been criticized for being about marijuana because of the line, "he raised good crop." But John has said it was a tribute song about John Lennon after the former Beatle was assassinated in 1980.

Answer 3

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This song is so beautiful. It makes me sad due to the subject matter - the death of Lennon. I just get that the garden is empty now since John is gone - the garden being life, the music world, everything that he touched and made an impact on. It is a very beautiful, melancholic song

Answer 4

Empty Garden

Answer 5

The song is about the death of John Lennon. It's a beautifully written song about the death of a friend. Amazing lyrics.

Answer 6

I always loved that song and wondered if Stephen Stills song "Johnny's garden" was about Lennon.