# Unanswerable Questions (in songs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140 "2003-06-11T16:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/1 "2003-06-11T16:34:18Z")
Who _did_ shoot the deputy? Why didn’t that guy in the desert just name the damn horse already? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/2 "2003-06-11T16:36:42Z")
“How many roads must a man walk down…?” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/3 "2003-06-11T16:37:25Z")
How can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go around? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/4 "2003-06-11T16:43:57Z")
What is love? What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/5 "2003-06-11T16:44:26Z")
"who knows where the time goes?! Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/6 "2003-06-11T16:50:56Z")
Who wrote the book of love? Teen Angel, can you hear me? Who put the bomp in the bomp-da-bomp-da-bomp? Why must I be a teenager in love? Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow? Can I get a witness? A kid’ll eat ivy, too, wouldn’t you? Feelin’ Alright? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/7 "2003-06-11T16:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > “How many roads must a man walk down…?” I’m sorry, this was answered by Benjy and Frankie Mouse. It’s 42. 😉 Can you just shut up and tell me how to get to Sesame Street already? ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/8 "2003-06-11T16:52:05Z")
What becomes of the broken hearted? How much is that doggie in the window? Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop? Who put the ram in the ramma lamma ding-dong? (I don’t think I really want the answer to most of these questions.) ---
**Author:** ![Faerie\_Nuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/76d3ee/32.png) [@Faerie\_Nuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faerie_Nuff)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/9 "2003-06-11T16:58:34Z")
Sorry, but I really wanna know who let those damn dogs out. I want to find them and hurt them. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/10 "2003-06-11T17:03:04Z")
How soon is now? Where have all the flowers gone? Did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world? Why don’t we get drunk and screw? ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/11 "2003-06-11T17:34:14Z")
Why can’t I get just one kiss? What was 8 for? What’s the frequency Kenneth? Who’s sorry now? What am I doing hanging round? Do you think I’m sexy? Will you still love me tomorrow? Are you hung up? How come you treat me like a worn out shoe? Is that all there is? ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/12 "2003-06-11T17:39:40Z")
Who left the cake out in the rain? And more importantly, what the hell? A cake? In MacArthur Park? Huh? (I never did get the point of that song). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/13 "2003-06-11T17:42:48Z")
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four? Can your p\*\*\*y do the dog? Baby, what’d I say? Who do you love? ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_the\_Viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Erik\_the\_Viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erik_the_Viking)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/14 "2003-06-11T17:48:23Z")
What did Mama see me and Julio doing down by the schoolyard? Even Paul Simon doesn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/15 "2003-06-11T17:51:36Z")
Will you still love me tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/16 "2003-06-11T17:55:54Z")
Why, why, why, Delilah? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/17 "2003-06-11T17:55:57Z")
Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/18 "2003-06-11T18:05:00Z")
“where have you been, my blue eyed son?” (Dylan) ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/19 "2003-06-11T18:10:26Z")
Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor on the bedpost overnight? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/20 "2003-06-11T18:11:23Z")
Teen Angel, can you hear me? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140.md?page=2)