HELLO IN THERE
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1.
We had an apartment in the city,
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me
and Loretta liked living there.
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It's
been years since the kids are grown,
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lives of their own, left us alone.
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2.
John and Linda live in Omaha,
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and
Joe is somewhere on the road.
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We
lost Davy in the Korean War,
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still don't know what for, it don't matter anymore.
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You
know old trees just grow stronger,
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old
rivers grow wilder every day.
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Old
people just grow lonesome
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Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there,
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hello."
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3. Me
and Loretta, we don't talk much now,
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D
she
sits and stares through the back door screen.
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And
all the news just repeats itself,
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like
some forgotten dream that we've both seen.
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4.
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
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we
worked together at the factory.
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But
what could I tell him if asks "What's new?"
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Nothing, what's with you?
Nothing much to do. + CHORUS
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5. So
if you're walking down the street some time,
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spot
some hollow vacant eyes,
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please don't just pass 'em by and stare,
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as
if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello."
(Joan Baez & Kris
Kristofferson)