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[ 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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