# Questions songs will never answer.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 1, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005 "2011-03-01T02:00:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/41 "2011-03-02T02:55:54Z")

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

If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/42 "2011-03-02T03:11:12Z")

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Oops, wrote one someone already had.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/43 "2011-03-02T03:16:09Z")

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Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/44 "2011-03-02T03:21:51Z")

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> [@KennerTheGreat](#):
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> Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he’s gone?

Last reported whereabouts were over some hill, in the company of three other men. Suspects are a black male and two white men, roughly 40 years of age.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/45 "2011-03-02T03:35:20Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> Psst, Son…I believe it’s _stars_, not birds, that fall down from the sky.
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> The birds, of course, suddenly appear.  
> mmm

That one does have an answer though. Who do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be close to you.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/46 "2011-03-02T03:44:24Z")

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Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/47 "2011-03-02T04:50:53Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> Psst, Son…I believe it’s _stars_, not birds, that fall down from the sky.
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> The birds, of course, suddenly appear.  
> mmm

Psst yerself- It was a lame-ass attempt at humor.😃

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/48 "2011-03-02T04:58:14Z")

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Straight up now tell me do you really want to love me forever  
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?

😃

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/49 "2011-03-02T06:07:25Z")

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What have I done to deserve this?

What’s the matter here?

Who’s making Lovers Lane safe again for lovers?

Why can’t I be you?

What’s goin’ on?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/50 "2011-03-02T07:27:15Z")

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Why can’t this be love?  
Does anybody really know what time it is?

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/51 "2011-03-02T07:57:48Z")

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How can we be lovers if we can’t be friends?

Who wears these shoes?

Whose bed have your boots been under?

Can you feel the love tonight?

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**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/52 "2011-03-02T10:17:26Z")

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How come there’s peacocks in the front yard?

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/53 "2011-03-02T14:16:48Z")

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How does it feel  
To be on your own  
With no direction home  
Like a complete unknown  
Like a rolling stone?

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**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/54 "2011-03-02T14:27:28Z")

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Mommy, Can I go out and kill tonight?

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/55 "2011-03-02T15:06:45Z")

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Did I shave my legs for this?

How do I get there from here?

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/56 "2011-03-03T01:21:08Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Psst yerself- It was a lame-ass attempt at humor.😃

Oh, sorry. 😃

mmm

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**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/57 "2011-03-03T14:56:12Z")

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What is love?

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/58 "2011-03-03T15:05:28Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> How do I get there from here?

Actually, [REM answered this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3cYh5Pp1I)  
What’s the Matter Here?

Whaaaaaat Haaaaave IIIIIII Doooooonnnnne With My Liiiiiiiiife?

Why Don’t We Get Drunk And Screw?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/59 "2011-03-03T15:29:31Z")

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If I fell in you with you, would you promise to be true and help me understand?

Does your mother know that you’re out? (Only ABBA hit where the lead is not sung by the females).

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-songs-will-never-answer/573005/60 "2011-03-03T15:55:47Z")

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How do I work this?  
Where is that large automobile?  
What is that beautiful house?  
Where does that highway go?  
Am I right?..Am I wrong?

And you may ask yourself-Well…How did I get here?

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