# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/61 "2003-06-12T02:13:12Z")
Oh, I can believe I forgot: Who’s your daddy? Who’s your baby? Who’s your buddy? Who’s your friend? Who’s the one guy that you come running to When your love life starts crumbling? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/62 "2003-06-12T03:24:44Z")
I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star, In somebody else’s sky, But why…why…why…couldn’t it be mine? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/63 "2003-06-12T03:35:45Z")
How can a loser ever win? Ain’t that peculiar? Ain’t that tough enough? If I were a carpenter, would you still love me? I’ve been cheated, been mistreated…when will I be loved? Where were you when I needed you? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/64 "2003-06-12T10:28:45Z")
…is there life on Mars? ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/65 "2003-06-12T10:37:45Z")
What do I have to do to prove my love to you? ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/66 "2003-06-12T11:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Khadaji \* > **Who _did_ shoot the deputy?** The sheriff. Gotta be the sheriff. That’s why the singer had to shoot him in self-defense, see: he was going to be killed, then framed for the murder of the deputy. Unfortunately, he’s screwed, because now he’s facing a double-murder rap. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/67 "2003-06-12T11:59:12Z")
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me? ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/68 "2003-06-12T12:08:42Z")
How can we be lovers if we can’t be friends? Can you feel the love tonight? Hurry up and wait. What’s worth waiting for? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/69 "2003-06-12T12:34:59Z")
Baby, baby, where did our love go? Can you hear me Major Tom? What’s new, Pussycat? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/70 "2003-06-12T12:43:28Z")
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ: Who are you; what have you sacrificed? Jesus Christ, Superstar: Do you think you’re who they say you are? ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/71 "2003-06-12T13:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Oh **DUH** - how did we forget this? “Who do you love?” \*\* Answered in an eighties song by Bernard Wright - _“Who do you love?”_ “Girl, I’m in love with you.” _“Are you sure?”_ “Sure as the sky is blue.” I know this because it came up on my CD changer in the car and my four-year-old has been obsessively singing it for the past week. Some other questions - Who’s gonna drive you home, tonight? Do you know where you’re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know? ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/72 "2003-06-12T14:12:51Z")
What did I do that you can’t seem to want me? Why do we lie here and whisper goodbyes? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/73 "2003-06-12T14:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Oh **DUH** - how did we forget this? “Who do you love?” \*\* \ 😉 Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb? Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? What shall we use to fill the empty spaces where we used to talk? Did did did did you see the frightened ones? Is this not what you expected to see? How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat? ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/74 "2003-06-12T14:55:43Z")
who’s that lady? what do you want to make those eyes at me for? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/75 "2003-06-12T15:12:51Z")
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain? What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? Is he rich like me? Who made who? Don’t you want somebody to love? ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/76 "2003-06-12T15:38:06Z")
Who knows if we will meet again (if ever)? Who needs a hobby, like tennis or Philately? ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/77 "2003-06-12T16:19:25Z")
Who’s the blonde stranger out there with my wife? (Jimmy Buffett) ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/78 "2003-06-12T16:35:15Z")
What’s the frequency, Kenneth? Are you gonna go my way? JFK, blown away - what else do I have to say? ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/79 "2003-06-12T17:31:07Z")
Mother do you think she’s dangerous… to me? ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/80 "2003-06-12T17:50:57Z")
Have you ever seen rain? Who’ll stop the rain? Mommy, why doesn’t Daddy come home? What’s your Momma’s name, child? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140.md?page=5)