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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 misc

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"'Til My Heart Beats Down Your Door," Europe	Hearts can't beat down doors.	Yvette Bristle
"(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings," Mel Carter	Hearts don't sing.	Yvette Bristle
"(He's) Raining In My Sunshine," Jay & The Americans	People don't rain. Clouds do.	Candy Welty
"(I Am) What I Am Not," Idlewild	Self-contradictory	Heather Brockwell
"(I Hang) On Your Every Word," Michael McDonald	People can't literally hang on words.	Yvette Bristle
"(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells," Eddie Fisher	Even when you're asleep?	Yvette Bristle
"(I'm Gonna) Split This Room in Half," Uncle Kracker	Are you King Kong?	BulldozerBegins
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," Elvis Presley	How can she turn him into a stuffed animal?	Paul G
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water," Andy Gibb	Love doesn't have a thickness.	Yvette Bristle
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water," Andy Gibb	Love's viscosity is immeasurable	FussBudget
"(She's Got The) Blues For Sale," Jimmie Vaughan	The blues are an emotion and can't be sold.	Yvette Bristle
"(Thank God I Died In) The Car Crash," The Frogs	If you've died, you can't sing or say anything.	Yvette Bristle
"(We Are) The Only Ones," Lizzy Borden	There are other people besides you.	Yvette Bristle
"(You Put Me In) Another World," Kevin Paige	We are all in the same world.	Yvette Bristle
"(You're The) Devil In Disguise," Elvis Presley	The devil does not wear costumes.	Opie M.
"(You've Got Me) Dangling On A String," Chairmen Of The Board	A person's weight would snap a string.	Yvette Bristle
"(Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste," Tuff Darts	Love doesn't resemble nuclear waste.	Yvette Bristle
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher," Jackie Wilson	Love can't actually lift a person up.	Old Man Edgar Winter
"10 Miles From Nowhere," Five For Fighting	No such location.	Karen Smith
"100% Pure Love," Crystal Waters	And how does this get tested?	Peter
"1000 Miles From Nowhere," Jesse Colin Young	'Nowhere' is not a place.	Yvette Bristle
"1000 Oceans," Tori Amos	Not on Earth alone, anyway	Regina Olsen
"1000 Smiling Knuckles," Skin Yard	Knuckles can't smile.	Cynthia Avery
"101 Percent Correct," Bloodshedrise	Nothing can be more than 100 percent correct.	Yvette Bristle
"12 days of Christmas," Traditional	It DOES last 12 days: xmas Day thru Epiphany (1/6)	Four Your Information
"The 13th Month Of The Year," Larry Edwards	A year has only 12 months.	Yvette Bristle
"15 Going On 20," 5 X 5	15-year-olds go on 16 -- not 20.	Yvette Bristle
"17 Again," Eurythmics	People are only 17 once.	Peter
"18 Til I Die," Bryan Adams	Do you need a suicide hotline?	Pu Ping
"1983...(a Merman I Should Turn To Be)," Jimi Hendrix	A worm meal he really turned to be.	C. Thompson
"2 Places At 1 Time," Zac Brown Band	You can only be at one place at a time.	Lance Crackers
"2+2 = 5," Radiohead	Wrong! 2+2 = 4 (Duh!)	The Quirkfetch Kid
"The 2,000 Pound Bee," The Ventures	A bee weighs less than a pound.	Yvette Bristle
"21 Til I Die," Crazy Lixx	You cannot stay the same age all your life!	GlamRockNinjaLord
"21st Century (Digital Boy)," Bad Religion	People can't be digital	Evan
"25 Hours A Day," Myra	A day has only 24 hours. Except when DST ends.	Yvette Bristle
"26-Hour Day," Jay Brannan	No day lasts that long.	Yvette Bristle
"3 Dressed Up As A 9," Trooper	Numbers can't be 'dressed up' as anything.	Helen Back
"The 32nd Of May," Trini Lopez	May has only 31 days.	Yvette Bristle
"3625 Groovy Street," The Wildcats	There's no street anywhere called Groovy	Kerry
"4 Words (To Choke Upon)," Bullet For My Valentine	You can't choke on words.	Franka
"4-3=0," George Strait	How did you pass math class?	Dylan Arthur
"409 in Your Coffeemaker," Green Day	Does that even make sense?	Lizzie
"40oz To Freedom," Sublime	Unless u are 40oz away from being fat or skinny	CDD
"4AM Forever," Lost Prophets	It can only be 4 AM for one hour	Janine
"50 Foot Queenie," P.J. Harvey	I've never seen a queen that tall.	Joe Schmoe
"6th Avenue Heartache," The Wallflowers	Paved roads don't have hearts to ache.	Peter
"7 Minutes in Heaven," Fall Out Boy	Once you're up there, you don't come back down.	Lizzie
"800-pound Jesus," Sawyer Brown	I'ce heard that God and His son are big, but...	Mr. Sally
"9,999,999 Tears," Dickey Lee	By then, everyone's lost count.	Odie Garfield
"911 Is A Joke," Public Enemy	If it is a joke, then it's not very funny.	Reggie Pillbox
"99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall," Traditional	The wall can't hold them. Ever heard of gravity?	Rich
"99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall," Traditional	They need some means of support, else they'll fall	Jeffrey Hope

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