hello in there Songtext / Lyric

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

All left us alone



Joe and Linda live in Omaha

And Joey is somewhere on the road

We lost John in the Korean War

I still don't know what for, but it doesn't matter anymore



Old trees grow stronger

Old rivers grow wilder every day

But old people they just grow lonesome

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

Say "Hello"



Me and Loretta, we don't talk much now

She just sits staring at the back door screen

While the news just repeats itself

Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen



Some day I'll go and call up Howdy

We worked together in the factory

But what do I tell him when he asks, "What's new?"

Saying "Nothing, what's with you?" There's not much left to do



Old trees grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder every day

But old people they just grow lonesome

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

Say "Hello"



So if you're walking down the street one day

And spot some hollow, ancient eyes

Don't turn around and think you didn't care Or worse stop and stare to say

"Hello in there"

Say "Hello"

Say, say "Hello"

Say, say "Hello"

Say "Hello"