| G | C | D | |
| We had an apa | rtment in the | city, |
| G | C | D | |
| Me and Lo | retta liked living | there. |
| Bm | C | |
| It'd been years since the ki | ds had grown, |
| G | D | |
| A life | of their own and left | us alone. |
| G | C | D | |
| John and L | inda live in O | maha, |
| G | C | GD | |
| And Joe is s | omewhere on the | road. |
| Bm | C | |
| We lost Davy in the Ko | rean war, |
| G | D | |
| And still don't kn | ow what for, don't ma | tter anymore. |
| F | G | |
| Ya know old trees just grow s | tronger, |
| F | G | |
| And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry d | ay. |
| Bm | C | |
| Old people just grow lo | nesome |
| G | D | G | |
| Waiting for so | meone to say, | "Hello in there, | hello." |
| Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more, |
| She sits and stares through the 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 could I say if asks "What's new?" |
| Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do. |
| Ya know old trees just grow stronger, |
| And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day. |
| Old people 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." |