{"id":209,"date":"2026-07-05T08:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/?p=209"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:07:31","slug":"hello-in-there-by-john-prine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/hello-in-there-by-john-prine\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello in There by John Prine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Prine wrote Hello in There in 1971.\u00a0 \u00a0 It is a song about aging, loneliness, and isolation:<\/p>\n<pre>\u201cSo if you\u2019re walking down the street sometime and you spot some hollow ancient eyes, please don\u2019t just pass them by and stare, as if you didn\u2019t care. 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