Hello In There

We had an apartment in the city
 And me and Loretta liked living there
 Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
 A life of their own
 And 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
 You 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 he asks, "What's new?"
 "Nothin', what's with you?
 Nothin' much to do"
 You 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"
 So if you're walkin' 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"
 
 We had an apartment in the city
 And me and Loretta liked living there
 Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
 A life of their own
 And 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
 You 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"
 ♪
 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 he asks, "What's new?"
 "Nothin', what's with you?
 Nothin' much to do"
 You 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"
 So if you're walkin' 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"