Who Do You Suppose — Connie Conway Lyrics

Song Facts:

Genre: Unknown

• Lyricist: Connie Conway




Annotations and Meaning:

Within Connie Conway's "Who Do You Suppose," the lyrics are set to the theme of a single simplistic but profoundly affectionate idea: that of loving and addisoning someone. The repetitive question "Who do you suppose" is rhetorical and can be given to make great emphasis on the fact that the thoughts and feelings of the singer can never be directed toward anybody else but his or her loved one.

This repetitiveness is romantically obsessed, as if the speaker can think of nothing more than his lover. The song starts with a series of questions, through which he wonders at the object of his love, thoughts, and dreams, and with each one builds a picture of sustained and constant affection.

The preoccupation points are hence some part of some ongoing issue, the fact of which is pointed out by the statement "both day and night"; inasmuch as the beloved is always with the speaker and in his thoughts, the line seems to blur between waking dreams and those of slumber. In the next verse, the singer admits how she is "hypnotized" looking into her lover's eyes. The metaphor here may refer to the deep and engrossing effect on the part of the lover, signifying a strong, if not magical, influence.

The lyrics at the end are a direct admission of missing the person, enjoying her kisses, and finally, an affectionate address: "Dear, it's you," just so the answers to the rhetorical questions come. This direct statement operates in a dual function: both a conclusion and an affirmation of the highly focused, singular, type of attention this singer has on one person. Generally, it's a very simple form of the song's text, pinpointing the themes of standing and recognized love, since repetitions of questions and answers accentuate the depth and exclusiveness of the feelings expressed by the singer.