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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Hello In There" - Bette Midler
"Hello In There" - Bette Midler
We had an apartment in the city.
Me and my husband liked living there.
It's been years since the kids have grown,
a life of their own, left us alone.
John and Linda live in Omaha.
Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war.
I still don't know what for, don't matter any more.
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
and old rivers grow wilder every day,
but old people, they just grow lonesome
waiting for someone to say,
"Hello in there. Hello"
Me and my husband, we don't talk much anymore.
He sits and stares through the backdoor screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
like some forgotten dream
that we've both seen.
Someday I'll go and call up Judy.
We worked together at the factory.
Ah, but what would I say when she asks what's new?
Say, "Nothing, what's with you?
Nothing much to do."
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
and old rivers grow wilder every day,
ah, but, but 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 you should spot some hollow ancient eyes,
don't you pass them by and stare
as if you didn't care.
Say, "Hello in there. Hello."
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"Hello In There" - Bette Midler (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Nov 2017
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Basic LA
(2,047 posts)1. A great John Prine song.
His version is also amazing. Thanks for posting.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)5. One of my fav Prine tunes....His version is wonderful.
PennyK
(2,302 posts)2. Thanks for posting this
Bette has performed a pretty incredible repertory of songs over her career. This is one of them.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)3. My ex and I saw her in NYC
It was 1975 and she was appearing in her "Clams On the Half Shell" review.
We paid $17 for first balcony.
PennyK
(2,302 posts)4. Lucky you!
i didn't become a serious fan until her end-of-1999 tour (The Divine Miss Millennium), but I fell hard. i joined her charity and found ways to see her, and even meet her. Love the lady!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)6. The 70s were good for me
Things were cheaper, and love was forever.
My other half of the time and I moved to San Diego and got a one bedroom apartment for $125 a month.
Now it's ten times that.
oh well ........