Ya' know that 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"
I remember when old meant 25
old enough to drive, old enough to have kids
I know for some people old means 45
too old to have fun, long past interesting
I have friends who worry about it
saying they don't want to grow old
as if it were an illness that be prevented
I remember when old meant people who walked slow
someone who talks about the past all the time yet
recall nothing
I should write a note to myself
italics-
Hello in there -
John Prine