We had an apartment in the city.
Me and Loretta liked living there.
It's been years since the kids have grown,
a life of their own, left us alone.
(verse 2)
John and Linda live in Omaha.
Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war.
I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.
(chorus)
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
and old rivers grow wilder every day,
but old people, they just grow lonesome
waiting for someone to say,
"Hello in there. Hello"
(verse 3)
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
and old rivers grow wilder every day,
but old people, they just grow lonesome
waiting for someone to say,
"Hello in there. Hello"
(verse 5)
So if you're walking down the street sometime
and you should spot some hollow vacant eyes,
don't you pass them by and stare
as if you didn't care.
Say, "Hello in there. Hello."