“So if you’re walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes
Please don’t just pass ’em by and stare
As if you didn’t care,
Say, ‘Hello in there, hello.’ ”
-Hello in There
John Prine
John Prine died just the other day, not too terribly long after he was stricken by COVID-19. He was seventy-three. Hello in There is a song John Prine wrote more than fifty years ago.
It is as timely as it is timeless.
“Over here on E Street we are devastated
by the loss of John Prine. Not only was he one of
our country’s great songwriters, a real national treasure,”
he said. “A sweet and lovely man. I was proud to call him
my friend. He wrote music with towering passion,
great details of ordinary lives.
His death just makes me angry.
He was simply one of the best we had.”
-Bruce Springsteen
Safe journey home, sir, and godspeed.
-AK
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