Would you like to swing on a star?

[cyrano]

Special edition IFAMAQD!
The more astute of you may have noticed that, although usually my LJ posts are titled with song lyrics, the IFAMAQD posts are titled with song lyric questions. See what I just did there?
Back in the long ago, I had a file of questions I'd found in song lyrics. Every week I'd choose one, delete it from the list and add it to the post.
It appears that this file has gone missing. I'm trying to reconstruct it--initial attempts include a wildcard search for '?' in my iTunes, which has had limited success in at least catching songs with question titles. However, not all record producers are as fastidious as I in their punctuation. Today's title, for instance, came with no question mark, nor did 'Are you gonna go my way?' despite its clearly being a question. And, of course, that doesn't catch questions from the actual lyrics, like "Do you cry out in your sleep?" from Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I figure this will slow the usual flood of questions, but I would like you to include a lyrical question today (or lots of them) so I can start rebuilding that file. Hell, if I'm feeling puckish, I may even answer the lyrical question.

Comments

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

Annie Lennox simply inquired, "Why?"

Why did Constantinople get the works?

Who came up with person man, degraded man, person man?

What is war good for?

[miss-electra.livejournal.com]

Hey now! That's nobody's business but the Turks!

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Would you believe in a love at first sight? What do you see when you turn out the light?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

What did we do that was wrong?
May I inquire discreetly, when are you free to take some tea with me?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Oh, and of course, the classic: Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?

And on to Rubber Soul before I actually do some damn work:
Have you heard the word is love?
What goes on in your heart? What goes on in your mind?
I'm looking through you, where did you go? I thought I knew you, what did I know?

[mostuff.livejournal.com]

Have you never been mellow?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Isn't It Romantic? -- The Magnetic Fields

[mister-sunshine.livejournal.com]

When you make love, do you look in the mirror?

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Well, in the immortal words of Princeton, "What do you do with a BA in English? What is my life going to be?"

[likable-lemur.livejournal.com]

From a trawl of my music library:

What is love?

Sinnerman, where you gon' run to?

Who holds the riches, the jester or the king?

Where's yer troosers?

What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this?

What would have been so terrible if I'd had a small fortune?
(Alternately: Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan if I were a wealthy man?)

Why you gotta give me the run-around? Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up, when all it does is slow me down?

What happened to her plan?
Who's the other guy that's singin' in Van Halen?
When did reality become T.V.?
Whatever happened to sitcoms and game shows?
WHen did Motley Crüe become classic rock?
When did Ozzy become an actor?

Don't you me, Kansas City? I'm the new Berlin Wall!
You wanna to tear me down?

Baby, do you understand me now?
Don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel, when things go wrong or seem to be bad?

Whaddaya want me to do, slit my wrists?
Does it have to be human?
Does it have to be mine?
How am I supposed to keep on feeding you, kill people?
You think this all a coincidence, baby?
Does this look inanimate to you, punk?!
If I can talk, and I can move, who's to say I can't do anything I want?
Would you like a Cadillac car?
Or a guest shot on Jack Parr?
How about a date with Hettie Lamarr?
How'd you like to be a big wheel, dinin' out for every meal?
Should I go and perform mutilations?
Come on kid, what'll it be?
Money? Girls? One particular girl?
How'd you like a room at the Ritz?


What did Louis say to Clark, when everything looked bleak?
What did Sir Edmund say to Tenzing, as they struggled towards Everest Peak?
What did Washington say to his troops as he crossed the Delaware?
Don't you wanna spread your wings and flap your way to glory?
Don't you realize there's a lot more to you then there is to you?

Who will ignore me when you're gone?
Who will forgive you when I'm gone?
Who will defend you when I'm gone?

I asked him, wait, what's the sense in life?

I shouted out, who killed the Kennedys?

Hey there fella, with the hair coloured yella, what you tryin' to prove?
Won't you gimme three steps towards the door?

[likable-lemur.livejournal.com]

I tpypod up there.

One of those should read:

Don't you know me, Kansas City? I'm the new Berlin Wall!

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Regina Spektor:
If I kiss you where it's sore
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all?

[tamago.livejournal.com]

Are you hep? Are you hep? Are you keeping in step? Are you hep to the jive?

-or-

Don't go Navajo, all I wanna know: are you all reet?

High school favorites... well, the main-streamy ones, anyway

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

What is love anyway?

Would you put me up on the bookshelf with the books and the plants?

Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down?

Can't you see it's misery and torture for me?

How does it feel to treat me like you do?

Why are you so far away?

You want to know why I hate you?

There will be no other train, so why not hop on this one?

Re: High school favorites... well, the main-streamy ones, anyway

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You want to know why I hate you?

Do you know what it's like to hate, when it's way down deep inside?
(Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?)

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Technodance: Do you think you're better off alone?

Offspring: Why don't you get a job?

How can one little street spoil so many lives?

Camelot: Tell me what can I do, I beg sir of you, your kindness to repay?

I wonder what the king is doing tonight?
What merriment is the king pursuing tonight?

Where are the simple joys of maidenhood?
Where are all those adoring daring boys?

You'll bash and thrash him?
A mighty whack?

What do the simple folk do
To help them escape when they're blue?

But where in the world
Is there in the world
A man so untouched and pure?

"Do I flatter her?" I begged him answer.
"Do I threaten or cajole or plead?

[aedynn.livejournal.com]

From my new favorite song:
Where ya gonna go? Where ya gonna sleep tonight?

[yukonsally]

Who's getting scared now?

Why does it always rain on me?

Did you know you are a shooting star?

Is this seat taken?

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Itunes wants to know...

What's Up? Where Art Thou?

What About Love? Bigger, Better, Faster, More?

Are You Experienced? Who Can It Be Now?

Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

If I sing a song will you sing along?
Or should I just keep singing right here by myself?
If I tell you I'm strong will you play along?
Will you see I'm as insecure as anybody else?
If I follow along does it mean I belong?
Or will I keep on feeling different from everybody else?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Do you love me like I love you?
Are you my life to be, my dream come true?

So what should it matter to me what you do in bed with guys?
Why you think the net was born?
D'ja ever clap when a waitress falls and drops a tray of glasses?
What can I give to Rod?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Can't we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? / Please tell me why the car is in the front yard? And I'm sleeping with my clothes on?

Did she understand them when they said that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure? Will she still believe it when he's dead?

How much is that doggy in the window?

Who wrote the book of love?

Did you write the book of love? And do you have faith in god above?

Won't you please, please help me?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet? Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day, and head back to the Milky Way?

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

Stuff that sticks out from Guys and Dolls:
When a guy wears tails with the front gleaming white, who the hell do you think he's tickling pink on Saturday night?

Where's the action? Where's the game?

What made you think that I was one of those girls?

Sue me, sue me, what can ya do me?