Expert: Bong Santos - 3/25/2007

Question
Hi,I want to know the title of this song...

"you answer my questions with questions"...

the singer is a guy and was popular in 80's ballad

Answer
Dear Nancy,

Could you be looking for the song QUESTIONS by MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND? The band was formed in 1971 by MANFRED MANN after the disbandment of his former group, MANFRED MANN. The group had different members through the years. The album from which QUESTIONS came was the first album with a new line-up. It was called THE RAGING SILENCE, released in 1976 and features new lead singer CHRIS THOMPSON, best remembered here in the Philippines for the song IF YOU REMEMBER ME from the movie THE CHAMP (1979). Here's how it goes:

QUESTIONS / MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND

In a dream it would seem
I went to those who close the open door
Turning the key I sat and spoke to those
inside of me
They answered my questions with questions
And pointed me into the night
Where the moon was a star painted dancer
And the world was just a spectrum of light
They reached to my centre of reason
And pulled on the touchstone that's there
The shock of that light has me reeling
And I fell into the depths of despair
They answered my questions with questions
And set me to stand on the brink
Where the sun and the moon were as brothers
And all that was left was to think
They answered my questions with questions
And pointed me into the night
The power that bore me had left me alone
To figure out which way was right

Maraming salamat po!!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines