Hello in There - Eddi Reader/The Patron Saints Of Imperfection
We've lived in this street now for fifty years
Me and Billy liked to live in here
It's been years since the kids have grown
All have lives of their own
Left us alone
John and Linda live in America
Joseph is somewhere on the road
We lost davie in the
Irish war
Still don't know what for
Doesn't matter any more
Old trees grow stronger
Old rivers grow wilder every day
But old people they just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say
Say hello in there say hello
Say hello
Hello
Me and Billy we don't talk much now
Na he na na
He just sits staring at the tv screen
Oh and the news it just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream
That we've both seen
Maybe someday I'll phone up my old friend Madge
We worked together at the laundromat
What do I tell her when she asks what's new
Say nothing what's with you
Not much left to do
Old trees grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
But old people
They just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say
Say hello in there say hello
Say hello
Say hello
So if you're walking down the street one day
And you spot some hollow ancient eyes
Don't turn around as if you didn't care
Or worse stop and stare
Say hello in there
Say hello
Hello
Say hello
Say hello
Just say hello
Just say hello
Just say hello
Just say hello
