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an empty garden
Published Apr. 6, 2009Views: 484
So many old songs have taken on new meanings for us with the passing of our friend "Studley". The words below are from a song Elton John wrote shortly after the death of his dear friend, John Lennon. They, too, have taken on a new meaning for me this day.
'Empty Garden'
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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I noticed that after the sixth "this is in bad taste" comment, the blog VANISHED.
Fred Phelps is NOT welcome at this wake, thank you very much.
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April 6, 2009 1:01 p.m.
But today is not the day to get into morality blogs about human sexuality.
Guess I should go tell him thanks for honoring our requests.
It's easy to NOT know what happened on GOLO for the past few days. He may truly have not been aware and just had that blog on his mind to post when he first logged on.
One of those things that could have happened to any of us, really.
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