Prine john hello in there lyrics

Hello In There

 by John Prine

 

 

 We had an apartment in the city

 Me and Loretta liked living there

 And 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

 And we lost Davy in the Korean War

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

 

 Cho:  You know that old trees just grow stronger

       And old rivers get wilder every day

       Old people just get lonesome

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

 

 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 weve both seen

 

 Some day I'll go and call up Rudy

 We worked together at the factory

 But what'll I say when he asks, "What's new?"

 "Nothin'. What's with you?"  Nothin' much to do.

 

    Cho.

 

 So if you're walkin' down the street some day

 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."