Hello in there
	by John Prine
	Instrumental intro = verse 1
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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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	Well, it's been years since the kids had grown,
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	a life 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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	and I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.
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	You know that old trees just grow stronger,
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	and 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, hello !”
	+  instrumental = verse 2
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	3.    Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more,
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	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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	What could I say if he asks, “What's new ?”
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	“Nothing.“ “What's with you ?“  “Nothing much to do”.
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	You know that old trees just grow stronger,
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	and 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, hello !”
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	5.    So if you're walking down the street sometime
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	and spot some hollow, ancient eyes.
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	Please, don't just pass them by and stare
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	as if you didn't care, say ”Hello in there, hello !”
	(John Prine)