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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 D

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Dairy Queen," Indigo Girls	Dairies don't have queens	Maurice
"Dam Of My Heart," Joe Ely	Hearts don't have dams.	Yvette Bristle
"Dance Forever," Allstar Weekend	The dancing must end sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Dance Into The Light," Phil Collins	...And knock it over and ruin a good lamp!	Larcen Tyler
"Dance Me to the End Of Love," Leonard Cohen	Love does not have dimensions.	Susanna Viljanen
"Dance Of Death," Iron Maiden	If you are dead you don't dance.	Peter
"Dance Of The Hours," Amilcare Ponchielli	Hours don't possess any dance.	Deirdre Collins
"Dance Right Into My Heart," The Voice Masters	Hearts can't be danced into.	Yvette Bristle
"Dance the Night," Dua Lipa	The night can't dance since it's a time of the day	JohnHowarth
"Dance The Night Away," Van Halen	The night itself can't dance, no legs!	Peter
"Dancin' Away With My Heart," Lady Antebellum	Hearts don't dance.	Candy Welty
"Dancin' In The Key Of Life," Steve Arrington	Life doesn't have musical keys.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancin' Out Of My Heart," Ronnie Dove	No one can dance in a heart, to dance out of it.	Peter
"Dancin' Romance," Bellamy Brothers	Romance doesn't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancin' Shoes," Nigel Olsson	Shoes cannot dance by themselves.	They Call Me Mister Pibbs
"Dancin' With My Mirror," Corey Hart	Mirrors do not dance.	Kara Oke
"Dancing Days," Led Zeppelin	Periods of time are not able to dance.	Rock Maninoff
"Dancing Drums," Ananda Shankar	Drums can't dance	JohnHowarth
"Dancing In The Halls Of Love," Alessi	Love is an emotion and doesn't have halls.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancing Machine," The Jackson 5	No kind of machine has been known to dance	Isac
"Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)," Captain Beyond	You can dance backwards, but not on air.	Kara Oke
"Dancing Nowhere," Stacey Q	Dancing is at a location, not nowhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancing On The Ceiling," Lionel Richie	Sorry, gravity won't let you do that.	Wendy Torrance
"Dancing On The Sun," Admiral Twin	You'd be vaporized before you danced a step!	Heather Brockwell
"Dancing Out In Space," David Bowie	You cannot dance in space, due to zero gravity.	G
"Dancing Queen," Abba	Not impossible; a queen CAN DANCE.	Editor's note
"Dancing Shadows," Sun Ra	Shadows don't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancing Tambourine," George Wright	Musical instruments don't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Dancing Through Sunday," AFI	You Just Can't	Kristin
"Dancing Under A Latin Moon," Candi	The Moon has no ethnicity.	Candy Welty
"Dancing With A Memory," Jerry Sims	A memory is unable to dance.	Alyssa Jayne
"Dancing With My Mirror," Corey Hart	A mirror makes for a lousy dancing partner	Isac
"Dancing With Myself," Billy Idol	That's silly! You need a dance partner.	Christy McDaniel
"Dancing With The Lion," Andreas Vollenweider	Why would you want to dance with a lion?	Isac
"Dancing With The Moon," Balkan Beat Box	The Moon can't dance.	Candy Welty
"Dancing With The Mountains," John Denver	Mountains can't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Dandelion Blues," The Incredible String Band	Plants don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Danny Is A Mirror To Me," Bobby Goldsboro	People aren't mirrors.	Yvette Bristle
"Dark Moon," Gale Storm	I've never seen a dark moon.	Your Grandpa
"Dark Side of the Sun," Tori Amos	Sun's a hot ball of gas emitting light everywhere.	crazydon
"A Date With Loneliness," Sandy Selsie	Loneliness is not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Date With The Blues," Billy Williams	The blues are an emotion, not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Daughter Of Darkness," Tom Jones	Darkness doesn't have children.	Yvette Bristle
"Daughter Of Light," Carole King	Light doesn't have offspring.	Jana Fipp
"Daughter Of The Moon," Insomnium	Celestial bodies do not have children.	Mr. Critic
"Daughters Of The Northern Coast," Australian Crawl	Coasts don't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"The Day I Died," The Playmates	You can't sing if you're dead.	Candy Welty
"The Day I Tried To Live," Soundgarden	You can't take living out for a test drive.	Jess
"The Day My World Caved In," Jim Hill And Hill Country	The world doesn't cave in.	Yvette Bristle
"The Day That I Died," Good Charlotte	How could you be singing this if you're dead!?	Chowder
"The Day That I Died," Good Charlotte	Died is past tense	gcsriotgurl
"The Day That Never Comes," Metallica	all days come... at some point	maggot army
"The Day That Never Comes," Metallica	Even I get confused trying to understand..	Freakin Awesome Mahn
"The Day The Earth Caught Fire," City Boy	The Earth as a whole never underwent combustion.	Heather Brockwell
"The Day The Whole World Went Away," Nine Inch Nails	Who could be singing about it and from where?	Heather Brockwell
"Day Tripper," The Beatles	wait.... who can trip the day? is that possible	TBuck
"Day Without The Sun," Galaxy	The Sun always exists, even when hidden.	Yvette Bristle
"Days Of Wine And Roses," Andy Williams	Neither Wine nor Roses is a month or season, etc.	Wanda Ruppendown
"Dead Again," Type O Negative	No individual can die more than once.	Candy Welty
"The Dead Are Dancing," Toni Childs	The dead can't dance.	Lefty Lucy
"Dead Come To Life," Jonathan Thulin Featuring Charmaine	No. The dead stay dead.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Man (Carry Me)," Jars Of Clay	Dead people can't carry anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Man Walkin'," Bruce Springsteen	Dead people can't walk.	Mr. Critic
"Dead Man's Blues," Supertramp	Dead people can't have feelings.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Man's Curve," Jan & Dean	Dead men do not own shapes	Susanna Viljanen
"A Dead Man's Doubts," Antendex	Dead people can't doubt anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Man's Hill," Blodwyn Pig	Dead people don't own anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Man's Party," Oingo Boingo	Unless this is a funeral...	Diddims
"The Dead Salute," Keith Cross & Peter Ross	The dead are incapable of moving.	Yvette Bristle
"Dead Sea Monkeys," Lemon Demon	There are no actual monkeys in the sea.	Marie
"The Dead Walk," The Acacia Strain	I don't think the dead can move around at all	Grillzforlife
"The Deader," Two Gallants	There is only one degree of death.	Yvette Bristle
"Deafening Silence," Machine Head	This title is an oxymoron.	Yvette Bristle
"Dear Mr. Fantasy," Traffic	Nobody has the last name of Fantasy.	Paul Bear
"Death By Love," Dio	An emotion cannot kill.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Death Is Eager To Hold You," Young And In The Way	Death has no feelings and it can't hold anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Death Of A Martian," Red Hot Chili Peppers	Do martians exist to be able to die?	Goldstein
"The Death of Me," Asking Alexandria	If you were dead, you wouldn't be singing this	Lisa
"Death Of Seasons," AFI	Seasons dont die	Kristin
"Death On Two Legs," Queen	Seriously, unless it's the Grim Reaper...	Diddims
"Death Rides A Horse," Russian Circles	Death can't ride anything.	Yvette Bristle
"December In Your Heart," Glenn Yarbrough	Months don't exist in people's hearts.	Yvette Bristle
"Deep Dry Ocean," Gerald Clayton	Oceans are wet, not dry.	Yvette Bristle
"Deep River Woman," Lionel Richie & Alabama	There's no such thing.	Christy McDaniel
"Deeper Than The Night," Olivia Newton-John	I don't think the night can be measured in depth.	Peter
"Deer Dance," System of a Down	Can deer really dance!? I'd like to see one try!	Chowder
"Defying Gravity," Wicked	With rocket boosters, sure	E
"Deora Ar Mo Chroí (Tears On My Heart)," Enya	How is that possible? Hearts can't weep	Diddims
"Deposit Your Love In The Bank of My Heart," The Ivy Leaguers	Love can't be deposited. Hearts don't have banks.	Yvette Bristle
"Desert of Lost Souls," Balance of Power	No such place in real life.	Helen Back
"Desert Rose," Sting	It would be hard to keep a rose growing there...	Felicia
"Desperation Drive," Garland Jeffreys	There is no street with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Destination Nowhere," Dorian	A destination is a definite place, not nowhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Destination Unknown," Missing Persons	By definition a destination is a known place.	Peter
"Detachable Penis," King Missile	I'd hate to forget where I left it!	Greg
"Detonation Boulevard," Sisters Of Mercy	There is no street with that name.	Brit Boxx
"Detroit Rock City," Kiss	Detroit is not made only of rocks.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"The Devil Came From Kansas," Procol Harum	I didn't know Topeka was that bad place!	Susanna Viljanen
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia," The Charlie Daniels Band	Uh, would'nt he go up?	PinmonkeyJunkie
"Devil With A Blue Dress On," Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	The devil cannot wear clothes.	Velveeta Kraft
"Devil Woman," Cliff Richard	No woman is a Satanic being.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Devil's Haircut," Beck	The Devil doesn't even have hair.	Paul Bear
"Devoured By Fear," Mammoth Grinder	Fear is an emotion and can't devour anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Dial My Heart," The Boys	You can't dial a heart, it's not a phone	Chris Chendo
"Dial My Heart," The Boys	No heart has its own telephone.	Heather Brockwell
"Dial My Heart," The Boys	A heart that doubles as a phone? How bizarre!	The Hedgehog in the Ledgelog
"Diamond Dogs," David Bowie	Dogs aren't made of diamonds	JD
"Diamond Eyes," Peter Frampton	Eyes aren't diamonds or diamond-shaped.	Yvette Bristle
"Diamond Girl," Seals & Crofts	People aren't made of diamond	Wendy Torrance
"Diamond Girl," Seals & Crofts	IS possible: Diamond can be a girls name.	Quarkfetch
"Diamond Girl," Seals And Crofts	No person is composed of diamonds	Sarah D.
"Diamond Meadows," T-Rex	Meadows aren't made of diamonds.	Yvette Bristle
"Diamond Road," Sheryl Crow	No road is made of diamonds.	Yvette Bristle
"Diamond Sun," Glass Tiger	The Sun isn't made of diamonds.	Yvette Bristle
"Diamonds Are Forever," Shirley Bassey	Not even diamonds last forever.	Yvette Bristle
"Diamonds Are Girl's Best Friend," Marilyn Monroe	I would rather prefer another human being	Susanna Viljanen
"Diamonds Of Dew," Glenn Yarbrough	Diamonds aren't made of dew.	Yvette Bristle
"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)," The Delfonics	No, didn't feel an explosion there.	Peter
"Didn't We Almost Have It All," Whitney Houston	No one comes anywhere close to having everything.	Kayla McSwain
"Die Another Day," Madonna	People only have one day that they die.	Peter
"Died In Your Eyes," Kristina DeBarge	Couldn't fit there, to live OR die.	Melanie Bianca Green
"Dig A Pony," The Beatles	does this mean a pony is like dirt?	TBuck
"Dig For Fire," The Pixies	Fire is not underground.	Mondo Johnny
"Digging Your Scene," The Blow Monkeys	Scenes cannot be dug.	Brit Boxx
"Digital Bath," Deftones	One can't take a bath online.	Greg
"Dinosaurs Will Die," NOFX	Not in future tense -- done happened already.	Pam Tabor
"Dirt Road Anthem," Jason Aldean	Dirt roads cannot have their own anthem!	Christy McDaniel
"The Dirt Whispered," Rise Against	Ever seen dirt whispering?	Franka
"Dirty Beats," Royal House	Beats don't have dirt.	Yvette Bristle
"Dirty Little Secret," All American Rejects	Secrets can't have dirt.	Mike
"Disappearing Boy," Green Day	self explanatory	MollyPug101
"Disco Duck," Rick Dees	No duck can dance disco.	Opie M.
"Disco Queen," Hot Chocolate	There's actually no monarchy in disco.	Reggie Pillbox
"Disposable Teens," Marilyn Manson	Every human being is irreplaceable.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Distorted Daytime," The Gazette	How exactly can daytime be literally distorted?	Chris Chendo
"DJ with the Fire," Eiffel 65	Umm, wouldn't your "two turntables" burn down?	Eiffel65Fanatic
"Do Everything," Steven Curtis Chapman	Nobody can do every single thing in the universe.	JohnHowarth
"Do Me Right (Everybody Needs A Little Love)," Ebonee Webb	Some people need none and some need a lot.	Yvette Bristle
"Do You See My Love (For You Growing)," Junior Walker & The All-Stars	It's difficult to see or look at an emotion.	Peter
"Do You Think I'm Disco?," Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation	No, I don't think you're a style of dance music.	Peter
"Doctor Boogie," The Flamin' Groovies	There's no doctor with a surname of 'Boogie'	Quyjibo
"Dogs Are Talking," The Angels (Australian group)	Dogs don't talk. They bark.	Heather Brockwell
"Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over," The Devil Wears Prada	Dogs never grow beards; fur covers the entire body	Evan
"The Dogs of War," Pink Floyd	Actual dogs do not fight wars.	Brit Boxx
"Domino Dancing," Pet Shop Boys	I've never seen dominos dance, no legs.	Peter
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina," Madonna	A country itself can't cry, only its people	Diddims
"Don't Disturb This Groove," The System	A groove (on vinyl) cannot be disturbed	Frank Hotdog
"Don't Drop My Love," Anita Ward	Love cannot be dropped	Julie
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," Frank Zappa	Snow is WHITE, Frank, not yellow!	Isac
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," Frank Zappa	I've never seen yellow snow, per se	Cristo Payne
"Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight," Bob Dylan	Does Bob cause people to break into smaller pieces	Peter
"Don't Forget To Remember," The Bee Gees	Ok, What?	Rich
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart," Elton John and Kiki Dee	How do you reach into a body to break a heart?	Peter
"Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt)," Herman's Hermits	Rain doesn't melt items, except huge acid rain.	Peter
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Crystal Gayle	You can't change your eye color!	crazydon
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Crystal Gayle	I thinks she means blue as in sad!	Papa Rotzi
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away," Phil Collins	Especially if he's a heart surgeon. LOL!	Peter
"Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)," The Miracles	Things must begin before they can end.	Yvette Bristle
"Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying," Gerry & The Pacemakers	Even if it could, would it care?	FussBudget
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," Elton John	Sunset happens every day, everywhere.	Tommy
"Don't Let Your Left Hand Know," Joe Tex	Hands are incapable of knowing anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Don't Pull Your Love," Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds	You can't pull love anyway.	Winter Pepper
"Don't Pull Your Love," Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Love can't be pulled in the first place.	Yvette Bristle
"Don't Push The River," The Exies	Okay, I won't	Bob
"Don't Rain On My Parade," Barbra Streisand	A person cannot make it rain.	Max E. Padd
"Don't The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time?," Mickey Gilley	Not all of them.	Wanda Pierce
"Don't Think Of Me," Dido	One can't listen without thinking of the singer.	Melanie Bianca Green
"Don't Wake Me Up," Chris Brown	If you're not awake, how can you be singing?	Yvette Bristle
"Don't You Know What The Night Can Do," Steve Winwood	No! The night can't "DO" anything!	Clint Southwood
"The Door Is Still Open To My Heart," Dean Martin	Hearts don't have doors.	Peter
"Door Of Dreams," Perry Como	Doors aren't made of dreams.	Yvette Bristle
"The Door To Your Heart," Taylor Dayne	Hearts don't have doors.	Yvette Bristle
"Doors Of Your Heart," The English Beat	Hearts don't have doors.	Yvette Bristle
"Dope Island," T-Bone Burnett	There is no island with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)," Swingin' Medallions	An emotion is not an espresso or any other coffee.	Peter
"Double Vision," Foreigner	Can you actually see double?	O.J. Chamberlain
"Down By The Lazy River," The Osmonds	A river cannot be lazy.	Max E. Padd
"Down Came The World," Waylon Jennings	The world doesn't come down.	Yvette Bristle
"Down The Aisle Of Love," The Concords	Love doesn't have aisles.	Yvette Bristle
"Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts ," Patti Page	Where would this trail be exactly?	Peter
"Download The World," Twisted Reaction	You can't put the world on a computer.	Yvette Bristle
"Dr. Feelgood," Motley Crue	There is no doctor with the surname 'Feelgood'	Rock Maninoff
"Dr. Feelgood ," Motley Crue	There's no actual doctors by that name.	Pete
"Drag City," Jan & Dean	There is no city with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Drag City," Jan & Dean	No city with that name	Susanna Viljanen
"Drag the Lake Charlie," Drive-By Truckers	You can't drag a lake.	Wanda Pierce
"Drag the Waters," Pantera	picking water up is already hard...	PrisonMind
"The Dragons' Flight Across The Waves," Amon Amarth	Dragons exist only in fiction.	Yvette Bristle
"Dreadlock Holiday," 10cc	Hairstyles cannot have vacations, only people can.	Susanna Viljanen
"A Dream Goes On Forever," Todd Rundgren	Dreams end.	Yvette Bristle
"Dream Me Home," Mac Davis	Dreaming can't bring a person home.	Yvette Bristle
"The Dream Never Dies," The Cooper Brothers	Dreams end sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Dream Police," Cheap Trick	When did these police get into my head?	Peter
"Dream Street," Janet Jackson	Is this where the 'Dream Police' are?	Peter
"A Dreamer's Holiday," Buddy Clark	Never heard of that holiday, sounds restful though	Peter
"Dreaming a Reality," Senses Fail	How do you DREAM if you are dreaming REALITY???	Freakin Awesome Mahn
"Dreaming City," Hawkwind	There is no city with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"The Dreaming Fields," Trisha Yearwood	Fields can't dream.	Andrea Greenleaf
"The Dreaming Moon," Magnetic Fields	The Moon can't dream.	Anita Grade
"Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes," Jimmie Rodgers	Self explanatory	Darren Elliott
"Dreams Are Ten A Penny," First Class	Dreams don't have monetary value.	Candy Welty
"Dreams In Flight," David T. Walker	Dreams don't fly.	Yvette Bristle
"Dreams Never End," New Order	Eventually they have to.	Jake
"Dreams Take Flight," Jesse Colin Young	Dreams don't fly.	Yvette Bristle
"Driftwood Heart," Say We Can Fly	No one's heart is made of driftwood.	Heather Brockwell
"Drinkin Bone," Tracy Byrd	Bones don't drink	PinmonkeyJunkie
"The Drinking Gourd," Joe And Eddie	Gourds don't drink.	Yvette Bristle
"Drive-In Saturday," David Bowie	Days cannot be driven in	Susanna Viljanen
"Drivin' My Life Away," Eddie Rabbitt	A life is not a car.	Peter
"Driving Sideways," John Mayall	You'd crash if you tried doing it.	Yvette Bristle
"Driving With Your Eyes Closed," Don Henley	That's pretty much the same as driving drunk!	Candice Disagree
"Drop Kick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life," Bobby Bare	Life isn't a football game & Jesus isn't a kicker.	Fiona Pear
"Drops Of Jupiter," Train	Unlike Mercury, Jupiter is not a liquid	Matt
"Drowing Lessons," My Chemical Romance		Lizzie
"Drown In My Own Tears," Don Shirley	People can't drown in tears.	Candy Welty
"Drownin' In Memories," The McGuire Sisters	Memories cannot be drowned in.	Winter Pepper
"Drownin' My Sorrows," Connie Francis	Sorrows can't be drowned.	Yvette Bristle
"Drowning In The Sea Of Love," Joe Simon	I don't think Love is a body of water.	Peter
"Drowning Lessons," My Chemical Romance	You don't take lessons on that.	Gee
"Drowning Shadows," Sam Smith	Shadows aren't living things and can't be drowned.	Heather Brockwell
"A Drug Against War," KMFDM	No drug can fight war.	Francis A. Sissy
"The Drum Also Waltzes," Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford	Musical instruments don't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Drum Stomp," Sandy Nelson	Musical instruments can't stomp.	Candy Welty
"Drummin' Up A Storm," Sandy Nelson	Weather systems aren't caused by drums.	Peter
"Dry The Rain," The Beta Band	Rain is wet, not dry.	Yvette Bristle
"Dueling Banjos," Eric Weissberg	Musical instruments don't fight.	Yvette Bristle
"Dueling Bikes," Ray Parker Jr. And Helen Terry	Bikes don't fight.	Yvette Bristle
"Duet For 16," Johnny Dankworth	A duet, by definition, is for two, not for 16.	Yvette Bristle
"Duets For One," Elton John with Chris Difford	If it's for one, it's a solo; NOT a duet.	Isac
"Duets For One," Elton John with Chris Difford	Very contradictory song title.	Peter
"Duke of Earl," Gene Chandler	Earl is a rank of nobility, not a dukedom	Susanna Viljanen
"Duke Of Earl," Gene Chandler	If he means Earl, NC, there are no dukes there.	Indy
"The Duke Of Prunes," Frank Zappa	There is no duke of prunes	Clever Name
"Dying To Be Alive," Hanson	Well, duh! One only gets DEAD by dying.	Noxzema Centauri
"Dying To Live," Reckless Love	You can die, or live, no in-between.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"A Dying Wish," Anathema	A wish is not sentient in the first place.	weird kid106

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