Hello in there: Natalie Merchant & Michael Stipe

Canción compuesta por el genial cantautor de folk y country estadounidense, John Prine, bautizado en su día como el "nuevo" Bob Dylan. En este tema en concreto, habla del paso del tiempo, del envejecimiento. Esta versión la cantan a duo, Natalie Merchant, ex-componente del grupo 10.000 Maniacs y el cantante de R.E.M., Michael Stipe. Me encanta la maravillosa y melodiosa voz de Natalie Merchant, una de mis cantantes favoritas, con ese tono de voz tan fantástico, mientras que Michael Stipe, le pone el contrapunto con su tan característica y singular voz. Sin duda, muy emotiva.


We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,
A life of their own left us alone.
John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost David in the Korean war,
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.

Ya'know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone 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."

So if you're walking down the street sometime
and spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Plesase don't just pass'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello."