[ john prine ]







Had an apartment in the city

Me and loretta liked living there

It's been years since the kids have grown

With lives of there own

All left us alone

John and linda live in omaha

Joe is somewhere on the road

We lost davey in the korean war

I still don't know what for

Guess it doesn't matter anymore



Chorus:

Old trees grow stronger

And old rivers wider everyday

But old people, they just grow lonesome

Waiting for someone to 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 all the news it just repeats itself

Like some old forgotten dream

That we've both seen

Someday i'll go and call up billy

We worked together in the factory

But what do i tell him if he asks what's new?

Say "nothin what's with you"

Cause ther's not much left to do



Chorus



So if you walking down the street one day

And you spot some hollow ancient eyes

Don't turn around as if you didn't care

Or worse yet stop and stare

Just say hello in there

Say hello


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