Hello In There

Hello In There - Joan Baez (瓊·貝茲)

We had an apartment in the city

Me and Loretta liked living there

It's 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

Still don't know what for don't matter anymore

You know that old trees just grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day

But old people they just grow lonesome

Waiting for someone to say

＂Hello in there hello ＂

Me and Loretta we don't talk much now

She sits and stares through at 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'd I tell him if he asks ＂What's new ＂

＂Nothing what's with you

Nothing much to do ＂

Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day

Old people they just grow lonesome

Waiting for someone to say

＂Hello in there hello ＂

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 ＂

Say ＂Hello in there hello ＂