Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
And old rivers grow wilder every day
And spot some hollow ancient eyes
John and Linda live in Omaha
But what could I say if asks, "What's new?"
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
We lost Davy in the Korean war
Old people just grow lonesome
Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
A life of their own, left us alone
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
And old rivers grow wilder every day
And Joe is somewhere on the road
So if you're walking down the street sometime
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do
We worked together at the factory
Old people just grow lonesome
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
It'd been years since the kids had grown
Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger
