Hello In There Lyrics - Live - John Prine

We had an apartment in the city 

Me and Loretta liked living there 

It'd been years since the kids had grown 

A life of their own, left us alone 

John and Linda live in Omaha 

And Joe is somewhere on the road 

We lost Davy in the Korean war 

And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore 

Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger 

And old rivers grow wilder every day 

Old people just grow lonesome 

Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello" 

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Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more 

She sits and stares through the back door screen 

And all the news just repeats itself 

Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen 

Someday I'll go and call up Rudy 

We worked together at the factory 

But what could I say if asks, "What's new?" 

Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do 

Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger 

And old rivers grow wilder every day 

Old people just grow lonesome 

Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello" 

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So if you're walking down the street sometime 

And spot some hollow ancient eyes 

Please don't just pass 'em by and stare 

As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello"