Hello in There — текст песни (Joan Baez)

We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, 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.

Chorus:
Ya` know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev`ry 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 asks "What`s new?"
"Nothing, what`s with you? Nothing much to do."

Repeat Chorus:

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."