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Can you think of a song title that describes something not literally possible.

For example: Oasis' "Live Forever" isn't really something that one can do.

Entries Beginning with C

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"C Moon," Paul McCartney	Moons do not have letters.	MOR
"Cabin In The Sky," Rosemary Clooney	The sky doesn't have cabins.	Yvette Bristle
"Cabin Of Love," Bill Monroe	Love is an emotion, not a cabin.	Yvette Bristle
"Cadillac Tears," Kevin Denney	Automobiles don't cry.	Shannon Ingrid Travis
"Cadillac Walk," Moon Martin	Automobiles don't walk.	Yvette Bristle
"Cajun Train," Susan Raye	Trains don't have ethnicities.	Yvette Bristle
"Calendar Girl," Neil Sedaka	A person cannot be a calendar.	Peter
"California Dreaming," The Mamas And The Papas	States can't dream	Heather Brockwell
"Californication," Red Hot Chili Peppers	No such word.	Mike
"Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen	Nobody's name is Maybe	Tony the Tiger Woods
"Call You Mine," The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha	Nobody's name is Mine	JohnHowarth
"Calling All Angels," Train	Where's the Heaven Hotline? Show me!	BulldozerBegins
"Calling All Comets," Bill Haley & His Comets	You cannot telephone a celestial body	Susanna Viljanen
"Calling All The Heroes," It Bites	One cannot call all heroes at the same time.	Lance Crackers
"Calling Elvis," Dire Straits	If it's Presley, I don't think he'll answer	Rich
"Calypso Getaway," Earl Klugh	Music doesn't take vacations.	Yvette Bristle
"Can I Borrow Some Time," The Butterscotch Caboose	No, because time can't be borrowed.	Yvette Bristle
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight?," Elton John	No. You can't touch an emotion to feel it.	Peter
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight?," Elton John	No, you cannot feel it or touch it.	Christy McDaniel
"Can You Read My Mind," Maureen McGovern	If I did, I probably wouldn't let you know.	Peter
"Can't Breathe," Leona Lewis	She'd be unable to sing & would die soon w/o aid.	Meredith Harshaw
"Can't Close the Book," Balance of Power	Oh yes you can!	weird kid106
"Can't Cry Anymore," Sheryl Crow	One can't just stop crying all of a sudden.	Sheila Oh
"Can't Even Afford To Die," Helix	People die whether they can afford to or not.	Yvette Bristle
"Can't Fight This Feeling," REO Speedwagon	How do you fight with a feeling to begin with?	Larcen Tyler
"Can't Find The Time," Orpheus	The time can be found.	Yvette Bristle
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head," Kylie Minogue	No one could be in her head in the first place.	Renee Scoggins
"Can't Give Up The Feeling," All Sports Band	You will have to, sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Can't Let You Out Of My Sight," Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown	You will have to, sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me," Alice Cooper	Most clowns aren't that hungry to eat Alice.	Peter
"Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me," Alice Cooper	Don't be silly! Clowns don't eat people!	Isac
"Can't Stop," Red Hot Chili Peppers	Si se puede! (Yes you can in English)	Atrichoke_Man
"Can't Stop Singing," Uriah Heep	Eventually you will have to.	Yvette Bristle
"Can't Stop The Music," Village People	Just pull off the plug.	Susanna Viljanen
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You," Frankie Valli	Eventually he'll have to.	Lance Crackers
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You," Frankie Valli	Why? Am I magnetized? How are seeing?	Peter
"Canadian Sunset," Andy Williams	No country has its own sunset.	Heather Brockwell
"Cancel Christmas," Rocket from the Crypt	Christmas can't be canceled.	JohnHowarth
"Candy Everybody Wants," 10,000 Maniacs	Not everybody wants candy (believe it or not).	Viola Player
"Candy Girl," The Four Seasons		Natalie Snortman
"Candy Girl," The Four Seasons	A person can't be composed of candy	Alice
"Candy Lips," Doris Day & Johnnie Ray	Lips aren't made of candy.	Yvette Bristle
"The Candy Man," Sammy Davis, Jr.	No man is made from candy.	MOR
"Candy Moon," Norman Brooks	The moon isn't made of candy.	Yvette Bristle
"Candy Rain," Soul For Real	Rain is made from natural water, not candies.	Ricky Ticky Taffy
"Canned Heat," Jamiroquai	Heat cannot be literally canned	Lefty Lucy
"Cannonball Noodle," Silver Apples	Noodles can never be cannonballs.	Yvette Bristle
"The Cantaloupe Woman," Grant Green	No person is a fruit.	Yvette Bristle
"Captain Feathersword," The Wiggles	No pirate had the surname "Feathersword"	Kerry
"The Captain Of Her Heart," Double	Maybe a captain that needs to ask for directions.	MOR
"Caravan To Midnight," Robin Trower	Midnight is not a destination.	Yvette Bristle
"Cardboard California," Neil Sedaka	No U.S. state is made of cardboard.	Yvette Bristle
"Cardboard City," Mama's Boys	No city is made of cardboard.	Yvette Bristle
"Carefree Highway," Gordon Lightfoot	Um, how can a highway be carefree?	Diddims
"Careless Memories," Duran Duran	Memories really don't care.	Susanna Viljanen
"Caress Me, Pretty Music," Foster Sylvers	Music can't caress anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)," Billy Ocean	No seas or body of waters are royalty.	Peter
"Carolina In My Mind," James Taylor	That ain't where Carolina is.	Pam Tabor
"Carolina Moon," Connie Francis	No two-state area has its own Moon.	Karen Smith
"Carpet Man," Fifth Dimension	I know of no man made out of a carpet.	Peter
"Castle Of Thoughts," Bloodrock	Castles aren't made of thoughts.	Yvette Bristle
"Castle On a Cloud," Les Miserables	You can't use a cloud for a foundation.	brainstem
"Castle on a Cloud," Les Miserables	Crash!	Diddims
"Castle on a Cloud," Les Misérables	Clouds are gaseous...	.:The Mizzie:.
"Castles In The Air," Don McLean		Pam Tabor
"Castles In The Sky," Ian Van Dahl	Oh my god, where?!	Lindsey
"Castles In The Sky," Ian Van Dahl	Tell me why do we build castles in the sky?	Idont Havaname
"Cat People," David Bowie	Cats aren't humans	Erin Esurance
"Cat Scratch Fever," Ted Nugent	A cat cannot get a fever from scratching.	Rock Maninoff
"Catch A Falling Star," Perry Como	How would you do that? With baseball gloves?	oldtimer
"Catch A Wave," The Beach Boys	A wave is neither a material object nor a disease.	Wanda Ruppendown
"Catch A Wave," The Beach Boys	You can't catch water.	Bobby Brooks Lapp
"Catch The Rainbow," Rainbow	You cannot do this, as a rainbow is light and air.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Catch The Sun," Jamie Cullum	Nobody can catch the sun	Isac
"Catch The Sun," The Doves	You can't catch it, let alone get close to it.	Rich
"Catch The Sun," The Doves	Tried, but failed!!! :(	Sean
"Catch The Wind," Donovan	You can't catch wind	Aaerni
"Catching The Sun," Spyro Gyra	The Sun can't be caught.	Candy Welty
"Caught a Light Sneeze," Tori Amos	You can't literally catch a sneeze	The Mole
"Caught In A Dream," Alice Cooper	Dreams can't catch anyone or anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Caught Up In You," .38 Special	Was this back when the band was a worm?	Peter
"Cellophane Boy," No Doubt	No person is composed of cellophane.	Frieda Evans
"Chain Me Free," The Matches	When someone is chained they are typically trapped	Alex
"Chained Lightning," .38 Special	Lightning cannot be chained to anything.	John Legend In His Own Mind
"Chained To A Memory," Pat Carroll	Memories can't be chained to.	Yvette Bristle
"Chained To Your Love," Betty Everett	Love is an emotion and has no chains.	Yvette Bristle
"Chains Of Love," Erasure	Love isn't made of chains.	Yvette Bristle
"Chameleon Boy," Blue October	You're either a chameleon or a boy. Not both!	Lizzie
"Champagne Love," Tom Fogerty	Drinks are incapable of loving.	Yvette Bristle
"Champagne Supernova," Oasis	There's no champagne constellation.	Jules
"Champagne Supernova," Oasis	Name says it all. Get me there fast!	JC Foster
"Change (In The House Of Flies)," Deftones	Flies do not have their own house.	Rock Maninoff
"Change Your Life," Little Mix	You can't really change your life.	Dongquan
"Channel Z," The B-52s	Last I checked, all channels were numbered!	Larcen Tyler
"Chariots Of Fire," Vangelis	That would be useless form of transportation.	Peter
"Chase The Clouds Away," Chuck Mangione	No one can chase clouds away.	Yvette Bristle
"Chase The Night," Joyce Kennedy	How do you do that?	Yvette Bristle
"Chase The Sun," Corey Hart	No one can chase the sun.	Travis
"Chasing Pavements," Adele	Since when can pavements run?	JC Foster
"Chasing Rainbows," Blue Magic	You can't chase rainbows.	Lefty Lucy
"Chasing The Sun," The Wanted	No one can chase the Sun.	Peter
"Cheaper Than Free," Stevie Nicks	Free is as cheap as you can get.	Yvette Bristle
"Check Out Your Mind," The Impressions	At a supermarket or at a library?	Peter
"Cherry Blossom Girl," Air	Um?	Jellybean
"Cherry Bomb," John Mellencamp	No bomb is a cherry	Rich
"Cherry Boy," The Bob Crewe Generation	No boys are cherries.	Yvette Bristle
"Child Of The Moon," The Rolling Stones	The moon doesn't have children.	Yvette Bristle
"Child Of The Mountain," Bethlehem Asylum	Mountains don't have children.	Yvette Bristle
"Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder," John Hiatt	Skies cannot have children and are not wild.	Nick Sandcutz
"Child Of The Winter," Pentangle	Seasons don't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of Light," Biff Rose	Light has no offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of Sea," Black Sabbath	Bodies of water do not procreate human offspring	Susanna Viljanen
"Children Of Stone," Marianne Faithfull	Stone has no children, nor are kids made of stone.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of The Flame," Tim Donahue	Flames don't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of The Grave," Black Sabbath	No such children exist.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Children Of The Moon," Flaming Lips	The Moon has no offspring.	Heather Brockwell
"Children Of The Moon," The Alan Parsons Project	The Moon is incapable of having children.	Isac
"Children Of The Night," Richard Marx	The night doesn't have children.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of The Night," Whitesnake	The night cannot have children.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Children Of The Nighttime," Climax Blues Band	The nighttime doesn't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of The Shade," Terra Nova	The shade doesn't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Children Of The Sun," Billy Thorpe	Children are not born on the sun.	Random Madeupperson
"Children Of The Sun," Billy Thorpe	The Sun is incapable of having children.	Isac
"China In Your Hand," T'Pau	Are you referring to porcelain, perhaps?	Hota Copy
"The Chipmunk Song ," David Seville & The Chipmunks	Real chipmunks don't sing!	Mark Chestnut Roasting On An Open Fire
"Chocolate City," Parliament	No city is made of chocolate.	Heather Brockwell
"Chocolate Girl," Deacon Blue	Girls aren't composed out of chocolate	Future Backer
"Chocolate Rain," Tay Zonday	Rain is made up of water, not chocolate.	brainstem
"Chocolate Rain," Tay Zonday	As real as the Skittles rainbow.	Diddims
"Christine Sixteen," Kiss	"Sixteen" is no one's real surname.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Christmas In July," Brave Combo	Christmas only comes in DECEMBER.	Isac
"Christmas In July," Brave Combo	Christmas never occurs in July.	Heather Brockwell
"Christmas Isn't Christmas (Since You Said Goodbye)," Myra	Self contradictory, with or anyone saying goodbye	Amber Wayland
"Christmas Isn't Christmas Without You," Evan Rachel Wood	Self contradictory, with or without you	Amber Wayland
"Christmas Just Ain't Christmas," The Impressions	If Christmas isn't Christmas, then what is it?	Yvette Bristle
"Chrome Plated Heart," Melissa Etheridge	How the heck can you have a chrome plated heart?	Crispay Chicken
"Church Of The Heart," Roxette	Hearts don't have buildings in them.	George Straitjacket
"Church Of The Poison Mind," Culture Club	Church does not poison your mind	Christy McDaniel
"Cinnamon Girl," Neil Young	No girl is made of cinnamon.	Lydia Helton
"Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll," Blue Oyster Cult	Rock And Roll is not a type of combustion.	Karen Smith
"Citizen Erased," Muse	Citizen cannot be erased, unless you draw the citizen on a paper and erase it	Nurul
"City In The Sky," The Staple Singers	The sky has no cities.	Yvette Bristle
"City Of Eternal Spring," James Corquita	Spring lasts only three months (1/4 year).	Yvette Bristle
"City With No Children," Arcade Fire	Cities have children.	Yvette Bristle
"The City With Two Faces," Goldfinger	Cities don't have any faces.	Lana
"Clams Have Feelings Too (Actually They Don't)," NOFX	Can't have it both ways. They either do or don't.	Heather Brockwell
"Classical Gas," Mason Williams	Is Gas 'Classical' because it came from dinosaurs?	Peter
"Clear Mud," The Calliope	Mud isn't clear.	Yvette Bristle
"Climb Aboard My Dream," Gene Wyatt	Dreams can't be climbed aboard.	Yvette Bristle
"Climb Every Mountain," Tony Bennett	No one can climb them all.	Candy Welty
"The Clock's Imagination," Eden's Children	Timepieces are incapable of imagining anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Clones (We're All)," Alice Cooper	People are not clones.	Yvette Bristle
"Cloud 9," The Temptations	Clouds don't have numbers.	Reggie Pillbox
"Cloud Full Of Tears," Gary Trexler	Clouds have water vapor, not tears.	Yvette Bristle
"Cloud On My Tongue," Tori Amos	Clouds don't exist on people's tongues.	Yvette Bristle
"Cloudbusting," Kate Bush	Clouds cannot truly be busted.	Brit Boxx
"Clouds In My Heart," Muddy Waters	Weather doesn't happen in someone's heart.	Peter
"Clumsy Card House," Blue October	The builder can be clumsy, but the house itself?	Lizzie
"Coca Cola Cowboy," Mel Tillis	No cowboy is made of Coca Cola.	Marilyn Westbury
"The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati," Dr. Demento	A cockroach cannot consume an entire city.	Natalie Snortman
"The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati ," Rose and the Arrangement	A cockroach can't eat an entire city	Wanda Pierce
"Cocktail Queen (Don't She Love To Rock & Roll)," Taxxi	'Cocktail' is not a monarchy.	Yvette Bristle
"Coconut Women," Harry Belafonte	No people are composed of coconuts.	Heather Brockwell
"Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire," Tim Curry	Fire isn't sweet.	Yvette Bristle
"Cold Day In the Sun," Foo Fighters	What strange weather.	Lizzie
"Cold Fire," Ernie & Petie	Fire is hot, not cold. So this is an oxymoron.	Yvette Bristle
"Cold Flame," Band Of Skulls	This is an oxymoron. Flames are hot, not cold.	Yvette Bristle
"Cold Sun," Edge Of Sanity	The Sun is hot, not cold.	Kara Oke
"Cold, Cold Heart," Hank Williams	Temperature-wise, a heart is not cold.	Polly Darton
"The Coldest Sun," Danzig	The sun isn't cold.	Ann
"Color Blind Blues," Biff Rose	Color-blindness has no emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Color Him Father," The Winstons	I've never heard of that color.	Peter
"Color My World," Petula Clark	That's gonne be one giganic crayon!	Peter
"The Color Of Right," Rush	'Right' has no color.	Yvette Bristle
"Colors of the Wind," Vanessa Williams	What colour are they?	lupyne
"Colors of the Wind," Vanessa Williams	u cant see wind so where's the color comin from?	Raphaella So
"Colour My World," Chicago	The world is not something you can colour.	Isac
"Colour My World," Chicago	That's going to take a lot of paint!	Glenn
"Colours Fly Away," The Teardrop Explodes	They don't fly.	Yvette Bristle
"Come Back (Before You Leave)," Roxette	If you haven't left, you can't come back.	Yvette Bristle
"Come Into My Head," Kimbra	Couldn't fit if one tried.	Heather Brockwell
"Come Into My Heart," Lloyd Price	A person can't come into another's heart.	Yvette Bristle
"Come On Feel The Noise," Quiet Riot	You can only HEAR noise, not FEEL it	Rich
"Come Softly To Me," The Fleetwoods	Motion is literally neither soft nor hard.	Heather Brockwell
"Come Touch The Sun," Burt Bacharach	The sun can't be touched; death would result.	Yvette Bristle
"Comfortably Numb," Pink Floyd	You have to feel in order to be comfortable	CDD
"Coming Down (Drug Tongue)," The Cult	There's no such thing as a drug tongue.	Brit Boxx
"Computer Love," Kraftwerk	Computers don't possess emotions.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Concrete Angel," Martina McBride	if so how could they fly??? duh	Jenny
"Concrete Jungle," Bob Marley	Jungles aren't made of concrete.	Yvette Bristle
"Concrete Sea," Terry Jacks	Seas aren't made of concrete.	Candy Welty
"Concrete Sky," Beth Orton	The sky could never be made of concrete.	Heather Brockwell
"Confusion the Waitress," Underworld	No one I know is named Confusion.	Tommy
"Conquer The Sun," Elton John	Why does it need conquering?	Peter
"Constant Tuesday," Jonathan & Lee	Tuesday lasts 24 hours, then Wednesday begins.	Yvette Bristle
"Cornbread Moon," Joe Ely	The Moon is not made of cornbread.	Yvette Bristle
"Corner of the Sky," Cast of Pippin	The sky doesn't have a corner	Lefty Lucy
"A Corner Of The Sun," Walter Jackson	The sun doesn't have corners.	Yvette Bristle
"Cornflake Girl," Tori Amos	No person is made from corn flakes.	Fifi McFeef
"Cosmic Cowboy," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	There are no livestock in outer space	Susanna Viljanen
"Cosmic Dancer," T Rex	There are no dancers in space.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Cotton Eyed Joe," Amber Hayes	Nobody's eyes are made of cotton.	Melanie Bianca Green
"Cotton Eyed Joe," Rednex	His eyes are not made of cotton!	Christy McDaniel
"Cotton Mouth," The Doobie Brothers	Mouths aren't made of cotton.	Yvette Bristle
"Count Every Star," Donnie And The Dreamers	There are too many to count.	Yvette Bristle
"Countdown To Zero," Asia	Who counts down to zero? Isn't it BLAST OFF!	ThatAwesomeGuy
"Country Sunshine," Dottie West	Sunshine does not have a music genre preference.	Polly Darton
"Cowboy Angel," Valerie Carter	Angels aren't cowboys.	Yvette Bristle
"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done," Sonny & Cher	Yeah, they do get done with their work.	Peter
"Cowboys from Hell," Pantera	When was the last time hell broke loose?	Fifi McFeef
"Cowboys In Hong Kong (As Far As Siam)," Red Rider	Hong Kong doesn't extend as far as to Siam.	Lisa Rose
"Cowgirls Don't Cry," Brooks and Dunn w/ Reba McEntire	If they didn't have tear ducts they wouldn't	Christy McDaniel
"Cows With Guns," Dana Lyons	Where'd the cows get the guns?	ThatAwesomeGuy
"Cracking Skies," Rob Gribbin	The sky doesn't crack.	Yvette Bristle
"Cracklin' Rosie," Neil Diamond	A woman cannot crackle.	Frosty The Cat
"Crazy Arms," Ray Price	Arms don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Crazy City," Barclay James Harvest	There is no city with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Crazy Lemon," Joe Ely	No fruit can exhibit craziness.	Yvette Bristle
"Crazy Love," Poco	Love cannot experience craziness.	Lance Crackers
"Crazy Train," Ozzy Osbourne	Trains don't have emotions. Maybe crazy engineer..	thayer
"Crazy Wall Of Sound," Witness	Sound doesn't take the form of a wall.	Yvette Bristle
"Crazy What Love Can Do," David Guetta	Well, what’s crazy about it?	BrilliantJ8
"Creeping Death," Metallica	Death does not move, you just die.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Crimson Thunder," Hammerfall	Thunder has no color.	Heather Brockwell
"Crocodile Rock," Elton John	A crocodile cannot be a rock.	JC Foster
"Crocodile Rock," Elton John	Crocodiles don't rock (although the do roll).	Regina Olsen
"Crocodile Shoes," Jimmy Nail	Crocodiles don't wear shoes.	Edyth Bowen
"Cruel Little Number," Jeff Healey Band	Numbers cannot be cruel.	Rock Maninoff
"Cruel Shoes," Steve Martin	Footwear can't exhibit cruelty.	Yvette Bristle
"Cruel Summer," Bananarama	A season can't exhibit cruelty.	Duncan Moore
"Cruel Sun," Rusted Root	How can the sun have a personality?	Natasha
"Cruel To Be Kind," Nick Lowe	This is very contradictory; you can't be both.	Peter
"Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids," Cradle Of Filth	Cruelty is not a floral delivery service.	Pam Tabor
"Cry A Little Sunshine," Joey Dee & The Starliters	Sunshine can't be produced by crying.	Yvette Bristle
"Cry For Eternity," Dragonforce	If that were the case, you'd be living forever!	DJ Blaze
"Cry Guitar," Janis Martin	Musical instruments don't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"Cry Like A Rainstorm," Linda Ronstadt	Storms don't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"Cry Me A River," Julie London	No one can cry that much!	Meg Owens
"Cry No More," L.A. Guns	How could you know you weren't going to cry again?	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Cry Thunder," Dragonforce	Not unless you're Thor...	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Cryin' Heart Blues," Rick Danko	Hearts don't cry and they don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Crying Shame," Muse	Shame is an abstract concept and cannot cry.	Lydia Helton
"Crystal Blue Persuasion," Tommy James And The Shondells	Persuasion is colorless and isn't crystalline.	Sharon Britt
"Crystal River," Mudcrutch	There is no river made out of crystals	Rich
"The Crystal Ship," The Doors	Is this why the Titanic broke?	Glenn
"Cup Of Loneliness," George Jones	Loneliness can't be put into a container.	Yvette Bristle
"Curiosity (Killed the Cat)," Little River Band	Curiosity, in and of itself, can't kill anything.	Heather Brockwell
"Curled Up Around The World," Christopher Cross	That's not possible for someone to do.	Wanda Pierce

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