Foolish Questions

Ya'll have heard about foolish questions and no doubt you wondered why

That a person who would ask 'em expects a sensible reply

Did you ever bring a girl a box of candy say right after tea

You notice how she'll grab it and she'll say is this for me

Foolish questions you should answer when you can

No the candy's for your daddy and momma and John the hired hand

I just wanted you to see it now I'm gonna take it away

Wadn't that a foolish question you'll hear 'em nearly every day

Then you all have seen the man who meets you on your way

He'll ask you where are you going and he'll listen while you say

That you goin' to the funeral of poor ole brother Ned

And just as soon as you've told him he'll say is Ned dead

Foolish question this should be your reply

No we thought we'd have the funeral then later on he'd die

Brother Ned was so original he wanted it that way

Now wasn't that a foolish question you hear 'em nearly every day

Suppose an elevator boy forgets to close that door

And you should tumble down the shaft say about twenty seven floors

As you reach the bottom and you're laying there in earth

And the first person that comes along says are you hurt

Foolish question your dying words are no

I was in an awful hurry and this elevator runs to slow

I find I save an awful lot of time by coming down this way

Now wasn't that a foolish question you hear 'em nearly every day