Foolish Questions

Johnny Cash

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[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
 
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Well now you've all been asked foolish questions and I think that you all know
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That you're bound to run into them most, most anywhere you go
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And you all know the story of the man you meet on the way
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You say to him, hey how's Trix and you'll listen to him while he say
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Say he's just been to the funeral of poor old uncle Ned
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And the next question he's gonna ask is, is Ned dead?
 
 
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Foolish questions, you might as well reply
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No Ned thought he'd have a funeral and later on some time he die
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You know he is so original that he wanted it that way
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Foolish questions, you'll hear them every day
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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Then there's the woman that always gives your phone a ring
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She'll talk for two hours about anything
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Especially her bad kin folk goin ruining everything
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You sit there half asleep, brewing, stewing, she says finally
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Hey, whatcha doin?
 
 
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Foolish questions, you oughta tell her that you're gone
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Just about an hour ago I thought I heard the phone
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It couldn't have been you though cause I've been asleep
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Why don't you call me sometime
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Silly questions get a silly answer every time
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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Then you just get outta the hospital after about a three month stay
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Had every bone in you broken, and you're tryin to make your way
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An old friend steps right up to you and says, hey how's Trix?
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You've been in the hospital three long months and he says, hey, you been sick?
 
 
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Foolish question, nah I like my meals in bed
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Cost ain't a lot and I'm curing up purity good now
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Why don't you go break your leg, that attraction there is fine
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Foolish questions get a silly answer every time
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
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Well you step into an elevator and you open up the door
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You walk right into the shaft and fall down forty floors
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And when you hit the bottom and you're laying there in the dirt
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The first person that's gonna come along gonna say, you hurt?
 
 
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Foolish questions, your dying words are no
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I was kinda in a hurry and well the elevator's too slow
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I find a save a lot of time, comin down that way
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Foolish questions, yeah you'll hear them everyday
 
 
[Outro]
 
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“Did it ever occur to you what funny questions people ask?” observed Adams one afternoon. “You meet a fellow who’s been out of town and say to him, ‘Hello, you back again?’ On an August day, with the thermometer at 100 even, a man is pushing a lawn mower around the front yard and oozing like a sponge, when some nut comes along and asks, ‘Cutting the grass?’ ”

Choppin down a tree
No, I’m

Call on the phone:;  Are you home?

Verse 1: The Box of Candy

• Situation: You bring a girl some candy after tea.

• The Question: “Is that for me?” [01:21]

• The Snappy Answer: No, I bought it for your mother or some other guy; I just wanted you to see it before I take it away [01:29].

Verse 2: Shaving

• Situation: Someone watches you lather up your face with soap and pick up a razor.

• The Question: “Are you going to shave?” [02:03]

• The Snappy Answer: No, I just love the taste of soap [02:15].

Verse 3: Sleeping

• Situation: You are tucked into bed, deep in dreamland, when someone barges in.

• The Question: “Are you asleep?” [02:56]

• The Snappy Answer: No, I actually died two hours ago; just fold my hands on my chest and tiptoe away [03:06].

Verse 4: The Elevator

• Situation: You fall down an elevator shaft 47 floors and are lying on the ground.

• The Question: “Are you hurt?” [03:44]

• The Snappy Answer: (Humorous instrumental and vocal improvisation suggesting the person is just “taking a nap”) [03:58].

Verse 5: The Twins

• Situation: The two performers are standing together, smiling with “identical grins.”

• The Question: “Are you guys twins?” [04:36]

• The Snappy Answer: No, I actually had plastic surgery just to look like this handsome guy [04:44].

# tactiq.io free youtube transcript
# Foolish Questions, You’ll Hear Them Everyday
# https://www.youtube.com/watch/PjRnOuBqBtM

00:00:15.040 never been to an escalant before
00:00:17.199 it works like this um we do a verse
00:00:20.960 and it describes a social situation in
00:00:24.720 which a question comes up and your job
00:00:27.439 is to shout out the question and then we
00:00:29.439 give you all the snappy answers
00:00:31.760 so this is called foolish questions
00:00:33.760 you’ll hear them every day
00:00:44.960 notice that was a question
00:00:49.680 did you notice that was a question
00:00:56.480 now you’ve all heard the foolish
00:00:58.800 questions
00:00:59.920 and you don’t have to wonder why now a
00:01:02.800 person will ask you a foolish question
00:01:04.799 and expect a sense of overwhelm
00:01:07.280 like when you take your girl some candy
00:01:10.320 say maybe just after t now the first
00:01:13.600 thing she’ll do is wrinkle up her nose
00:01:15.840 and ask
00:01:16.880 is that
00:01:21.360 foolish question you might as well reply
00:01:24.960 no i i bought that candy for your mar
00:01:27.360 part
00:01:28.560 it’s for some other guy i just wanted
00:01:31.439 you to see it
00:01:33.439 and now i’m gonna take it away now
00:01:36.240 wasn’t that a foolish question
00:01:38.560 you’ll hear them
00:01:46.240 well then there’s the fella who’s always
00:01:49.200 hanging around your place
00:01:50.960 and he watches you take your sheave
00:01:53.439 brush and start to lather up your face
00:01:56.560 and after you get your razor one
00:01:59.719 preliminary wave
00:02:02.000 this guy’s gonna walk up and ask you hey
00:02:05.600 are you gonna shave
00:02:15.840 you see i just love the taste of soap
00:02:18.959 kind of like a tape machine just kind
00:02:29.360 you guys are getting pretty good they’re
00:02:30.560 going to get a little more difficult
00:02:34.319 now suppose it’s like one evening and
00:02:37.360 you’re lying in your bed
00:02:39.120 and you’ve got the blankets over your
00:02:40.720 body
00:02:42.160 and the pillows under your head and
00:02:45.200 just as you enter dreamland and you’re
00:02:48.160 sinking really deep
00:02:50.319 some fool’s gonna barge right in and
00:02:52.239 holler
00:02:56.879 with questions you said the answer no
00:03:00.959 i’m afraid it’s much more serious you
00:03:03.440 see i
00:03:04.080 died two hours ago so if you’ll just
00:03:06.959 pull my hands on my chest
00:03:08.640 and just tiptoe quietly away now wasn’t
00:03:11.920 that a foolish question
00:03:14.000 you’ll hear them every day
00:03:21.280 now suppose the elevator person
00:03:24.400 should forget to close the door and you
00:03:27.599 should tumble down
00:03:29.920 say 47 floors and as you reach
00:03:33.680 the bottom and you’re lying there in
00:03:36.560 earth
00:03:37.599 some foe’s going to stick his head down
00:03:39.200 the elevator shaft and holler
00:03:44.159 fool these questions your nine words are
00:03:58.840 oh
00:04:08.000 just take a little nap
00:04:14.319 leave my brother here we are alive
00:04:17.519 in so many ways like receiving hairlines
00:04:20.639 and
00:04:20.959 creases in the middle of our forehead so
00:04:22.639 i’m always amazed because
00:04:24.160 we’ll be standing up here singing and
00:04:27.199 just smiling
00:04:28.160 identical grins and someone’s bound to
00:04:30.560 come up and ask us
00:04:32.560 hey
00:04:36.880 foolish blessing we look a straight in
00:04:40.080 the eye
00:04:40.880 no actually i got plastic surgery so i
00:04:43.280 look just like this handsome guy
00:04:45.919 i don’t have this terrible new disease
00:04:48.000 and pretty soon you’re all gonna look
00:04:50.000 this way
00:04:53.759 you’ll hear them
00:05:00.400 every day

Ask-Along rather than a Sing-along

It works like this:  We do a verse and it describes a social situation in which a question comes up and your job is to shout out the question, and then we give you all the snappy answer.  So this is called foolish questions you’ll hear them every day.  Now you’ve all heard the foolish questions and you don’t have to wonder why a person will ask you a foolish question and expect a sense of overwhelm

Like when you take your girl some candy say maybe just after t now the first thing she’ll do is wrinkle up her nose and ask is that foolish question you might as well reply no i i bought that candy for your mar part it’s for some other guy i just wanted you to see it and now i’m gonna take it away now wasn’t that a foolish question you’ll hear them well then there’s the fella who’s always hanging around your place and he watches you take your sheave brush and start to lather up your face

and after you get your razor one preliminary wave this guy’s gonna walk up and ask you hey are you gonna shave you see i just love the taste of soap kind of like a tape machine just kind you guys are getting pretty good they’re going to get a little more difficult now suppose it’s like one evening and you’re lying in your bed and you’ve got the blankets over your body and the pillows under your head and just as you enter dreamland and you’re sinking really deep some fool’s gonna barge right in and

holler with questions you said the answer no i’m afraid it’s much more serious you see i died two hours ago so if you’ll just pull my hands on my chest and just tiptoe quietly away now wasn’t that a foolish question you’ll hear them every day now suppose the elevator person should forget to close the door and you should tumble down say 47 floors and as you reach the bottom and you’re lying there in earth some foe’s going to stick his head down the elevator shaft and holler

fool these questions your nine words are oh just take a little nap leave my brother here we are alive in so many ways like receiving hairlines and creases in the middle of our forehead so i’m always amazed because we’ll be standing up here singing and just smiling identical grins and someone’s bound to come up and ask us hey foolish blessing we look a straight in the eye no actually i got plastic surgery so i look just like this handsome guy i don’t have this terrible new disease

and pretty soon you’re all gonna look this way you’ll hear them every day

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A Foolish Questions, Johnny Cash
Well now you’ve [A] all been asked foolish questions
And I [D] think that you all know
That you’re [E] bound to run into them most [A] anywhere you go
And [A] you all know the story of the [D] man you meet on the way
He says [E] to you, “Hey, how’s Trix?”
And he’ll [A] listen to you while you say,
You’ve just been to the funeral of [D] poor old uncle Ned.
And the [E] next question he’s gonna ask is, “Is Ned dead?” [A]

[A] Foolish questions, you might as well [E] reply,
“No, Ned thought he’d have a funeral,
And later on some time he’d [A] die
You know, he is so original, he wanted it that [D] way.”
Foolish [E] questions, you’ll hear them every day [A]

[A] Then there’s the woman that always gives your [D] phone a ring,
She’ll [E] talk for hours about almost anything,
Especially how her bad [A] kin folks goin ruining everything,
You sit there half [D] asleep, brewing, stewing, [E]
And she says finally, “Hey, watch [A] YOU doin?”

[A] Foolish questions, you oughta tell her that you’re [E] gone,
“Just about an hour ago I thought I heard the [A] phone,
It couldn’t have been you though, ‘cause I’ve been [D] asleep.
Why don’t you call me sometime?” [E]
Silly [E] questions get a silly answer every [A] time.
[A] Then you just get outta the hospital after,
[D] About a three month stay.
Had [E] every bone in you broken,
And you’re [A] tryin to make your way
An old friend steps right up to you and says, [D] “Hey, how’s Trix?”
You say [E] You’ve been in the hospital three long months
And he says, [A] “Hey, you been sick?”

[A] Foolish question, nah I like my meals in [E] bed
Costs a lot and I’m curing up purity [A] good
Why don’t you go break your leg, the [D] traction there is fine
Foolish [E] questions get a silly answer every time. [A]

Well you [A] step into an elevator and you [D] open up the door
You [E] walk right into the shaft and [A] fall down forty floors
And [A] when you hit the bottom
And you’re [D] laying there in the dirt
The [E] first person that comes along’s
Gonna say, [A] “You hurt?”

[A] Foolish questions, your dying words are, [E] “No,
I was kinda in a hurry and, well, this elevator’s [A] way too slow.
I find I save a lot of time, comin’ [D] down this way.”
Foolish [E] questions, yeah you’ll hear them every [A] day.