Answering questions in songs

Don’t dis The Replacements. mmmmmmmmmmK?

Umm, I might not get it because I wasn’t even alive when the Carly Simone song came out, but I always thought that was the point. It’s a big joke, of course the song is about who she’s singing it to. She’s being kind of sarcastic.

Blue Monday: Obviously about an emotionally-abusive (possibly cheating) ex-girlfriend.

Do you really want to hurt me?

Yes. I really want to hurt you.

Who are we?

Well, you guys are Siniestro Total. You even have a song called “we are Siniestro Total”, so I would’a thought you’d know by now.

Where do we come from?

Somewhere around Vigo. That was in Spain last time I looked at the map.

Where do we go?

Hell, guys, wherever you wanna, it’s a free country. But if you intend to visit my bedroom let me know in advance or you might get hurt.

“Are we not men?”

I dunno. Check in your pants.

Who let the dogs out?

No one, unfortunately. Now we need a new couch.

Oh can’t you seeeeeeeee, you belong to meeeeeeeee…?

In case you haven’t heard, slavery was outlawed in 1860.

Hey Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks? Tonight can you get us a ride?

I don’t have shit and my name isn’t Eddie. Damn.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

Yeah. Go to work for IBM. It’s the only way you’ll afford the rent.

*Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? *

After sorting through the rather complex structure of your question, I gather you’re looking for the flag. Yeah, I still see it, right where it was, o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Look, dude. If she does love you now, then it’ll only last until the fickle slut spots someone who dances better than you do. Really, it’s best to just move on.

Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world? And if you did, was she crying?

Nah, I don’t watch too many of those reality TV shows.

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a clown and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
Gah! I have no freaking clue. Have you tried posting these questions on the Straight Dope?

Two very very sick ones:

I’m going to marry you will you marry me Uncle Ray?
Please answer “no.”

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you.
Timothy, Timothy God, what did we do?
You ate the guy.

Why do you build me up, buttercup baby, just to let me down, and mess me around?

Because I like messing with your head, loser!

The Alarm:

Where were you hiding,
when the storm broke
when the rain began to fall;
when the lightning and the thunder crashed
and the rain and the four winds did howl?

I was with a few thousand others in the Superdome, wondering where my government was in our time of need.

How can I miss you when you won’t go away?

OK, OK, I get the hint already!

Should I stay or should I go?

Go … and take that lame two-chord riff with you!

Just kidding … I love The Clash!

The first one, I can’t help you.

The second, I’d suggest buying a ticket to the circus, then pick out the clown with the biggest shoes. Those should interfere with his ability to outrun you.

A word that means Maria? According to Mr. Bernstein, that would be “The Wind.”

psst . . . that’s “How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?”

Electric Six:
Now who elected you judge and jury in the body of a beautiful girl?

Dude, if you have a thing for Ruth Bader Ginsberg, I so do not want to hear about it!

People, this should be in General Questions not Cafe Society. Where 's a Moderator when you need one?