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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 R

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Race With The Devil," The Stray Cats	How do you race with the devil?	Rich
"Racing With The Clock," Harry Connick, Jr.	Clocks can't race with people.	Yvette Bristle
"Racing With The Moon," Vaughn Monroe	Is it a marathon?	George Straitjacket
"Radio Free Europe," R.E.M.	Radio stations still exist in Europe.	Tommy
"Radio Girl," Volbeat	No person is a radio.	Joe
"Radio Heart," Charly McClain	Radios don't have hearts (or any organs).	Sophia Borden
"Railroad Wings," Patty Griffin	Railroads don't have wings.	Lisa Rose
"Rain Child," Rhinoceros	Rain doesn't have offspring.	Yvette Bristle
"Rain In My Heart," Modern Talking	Hearts have blood in them, not rain.	Yvette Bristle
"Rain King," Counting Crows	Rain is not a monarchy.	Yvette Bristle
"The Rain Leaves A Scar," L`arc~en~ciel	Not unless it's raining acid.	Trevor
"Rainbow At Midnight," Jimmie Rodgers	Only in Scandinavia (at certain times of year)...	Chowder
"Rainbow At Midnight," Jimmie Rodgers	It's dark at midnight, so no rainbows then.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainbow Bliss," Quazar	Rainbows don't have feelings.	Yvette Bristle
"The Rainbow In Daddy's Eyes," Sammi Smith	Eyes don't contain rainbows.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainbow In The Dark," Dio	Rainbows are created by light and water. not dark.	Rich
"Rainbow in the Dark," Dio	It would have to be infrared or ultraviolet	been_a_son
"Rainbow Man," Noel Paul Stookey & The Bodyworks Band	No person is a rainbow.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainbow On The Ground," Creative Source	Rainbows are in the air, not on the ground.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainbow Road," Kris Kristofferson	Roads aren't rainbows.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainbow Roller Coaster," Acoustic Syndicate	A roller coaster can't be made of rainbows.	Heather Brockwell
"Rainbow Veins," Owl City	Veins aren't rainbow colored.	Sarah
"Rainbows Go On Forever," Alessi	Rainbows end sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Raindrops From The Sun (Hey Hey Hey)," Imani Coppola	The Sun does not give off raindrops.	Yvette Bristle
"Rainin' In My Heart," Slim Harpo	Self explanatory.	Heather Brockwell
"Raining Blood," Slayer	When has that happened?	Josue
"Raining Cats And Dogs," Dave Evans	Animals don't fall as rain.	Yvette Bristle
"Raining In My Heart," Buddy Holly	No weather phenomena in internal organs.	Susanna Viljanen
"Raining On The Inside," Amy Grant	It cannot rain from inside anything.	Christian
"Raining Rock," Jetblack	I'm still not sure if this is possible...	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Raining Sunshine," Miranda Cosgrove	It can't rain sunshine	Chris Chendo
"Raining Sunshine," Miranda Cosgrove	It cannot rain sunshine.	Isac
"Rainy Day Women #12 And #35," Bob Dylan	Women are not numbers.	Frank Hotdog
"Rama Lama Ding Dong," The Edsels	Is not an allowed girl's name, at least in Finland	Susanna Viljanen
"Rangoon Moon," Double	Rangoon does NOT have its own moon.	Al Helbrocluse
"Rape Me," Nirvana	You can't rape the willing	Tom
"Raspberry Beret," Prince	Unless it is a very large raspberry...	Chewma Pantzov
"Razorblade Sigh," Gamma Ray	Razorblades can't sigh.	Heather Brockwell
"Rebel Love Song," Black Veil Brides	A song is incapable of being rebellious.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Red Blue Jeans," John Kilser	Wouldn't that just be red jeans? Or purple jeans?	Lionel Trane
"Red Chair Fade Away," Bee Gees	Furniture can't fade away.	Yvette Bristle
"Red Earth," Crash Vegas	Earth cannot be red (it's blue, is it not?)	JohnHowarth
"Red Is Green," Zapped By A Million Volts	No, red and green are two different colors.	Yvette Bristle
"The Red Light Is Green," Bobbi Staff	Nothing is red and green at the same time.	Gina Munroe
"Red Mosquito," Pearl Jam	Mosquitos aren't red.	Wanda Pierce
"Red Rain," Peter Gabriel	Rain is never red.	Marcia Todd
"Red Skies," The Fixx	The sky isn't that colour.	Nigel Shave Cream
"Reeling In The Years," Steely Dan	I didn't know you could go fishing for years!	Larcen Tyler
"Reeling In The Years," Steely Dan	You can't catch years with a fishing pole. ;-D	Lisa Cohead
"Religion's Dead," The Pretty Things	No, it isn't.	Yvette Bristle
"Remember Tomorrow," Iron Maiden	You can't remember something that hasn't happened	Stephen Harris
"Return To Forever," Minnie Riperton	'Forever' isn't something that can be returned to.	Yvette Bristle
"Return to Heaven," Bad Brains	You can't leave Heaven so how would you return?	Grillzforlife
"Reverse The Day," Pati Yang	HOW??	Sean
"Revival (Love Is Everywhere) ," The Allman Brothers Band	Love isn't in all places.	Yvette Bristle
"Revolution Is My Name," Pantera	No, 'Revolution' is nobody's name.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rewind A Pain," Chaos Of Brutality	Pain can't be rewound.	Yvette Bristle
"Rhinestone Cowboy," Glen Campbell	Cowboys can't be made of rhinestone.	Christy McDaniel
"Rhinestone River," Limes	Rivers have water, not rhinestone.	Yvette Bristle
"Rhythm Is A Dancer," Snap!	A function of music doesn't dance, it has no legs!	Peter
"Rhythm Nation," Janet Jackson	Where is that country at, Janet?	Peter
"Rhythm Of Love," Scorpions	Love is an emotion, not music.	Yvette Bristle
"Ribbon In The Sky," Stevie Wonder	Ribbons are not found in the sky	Isac
"Ribbon Of Darkness," Gordon Lightfoot	Darkness doesn't come in ribbons.	Heather Brockwell
"Ride Like The Wind," Christopher Cross	The wind cannot ride anything.	Lance Crackers
"Ride On My Fire," Claudja Barry	No one can ride on fire.	Alyssa Jayne
"Ride on the Sun," Mott the Hoople	The sun is too hot to ride on	Future Backer
"Ride On Time," Black Box	Time can't be ridden upon.	Yvette Bristle
"Ride That Vibration," Love	Vibrations can't be ridden.	Yvette Bristle
"Ride The Dragon," Manowar	Dragons are mythical creatures, they don't exist.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Ride The Lightning," Metallica	Even if u could, u wouldn't want to.	CDD
"Ride The Lightning," Metallica	Lightning kills; avoid riding it at all costs	Chazm
"Ride The Lightning," Metallica	Good luck with that	Agent Nerve
"Ride The Tiger," Jefferson Starship	If you could, you would get hurt	Rhoda Dohr
"Ride The Wind," Poison	And how exactly do we to THAT!?	Chowder
"Ride The Wings Of Pestilance," From First To Last	Bug invasions don't have wings	Thorns
"Riders On The Storm," The Doors	Weather phenomena cannot be ridden.	Susanna Viljanen
"Ridin' In A Rainbow," Donnie Dean	Nobody can ride in a rainbow.	Yvette Bristle
"Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico," Johnny Rodriguez	One can't literally ride one's thumb to any place.	Erica Tetralix
"Ridin' The Storm Out," REO Speedwagon	You'd need a bigger saddle.	Red Ruffcorn
"Riding On Rainbow," Elvis Presley	Is simply not something one can do.	Susanna Viljanen
"Riding On The Rocket," Shonen Knife	You ride IN a rocket, not on it.	Pete Worst
"Right As Rain," Adele	Rain does not have an opinion.	Jim Class
"Right Next Door To Hell," Guns N' Roses	Hell is not somewhere you could live next to.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Right Time Of The Night," Jennifer Warnes	There is no 'right' OR 'wrong' time of a night.	Peter
"Ring of Fire," Johnny Cash	Sauron, perhaps, but not in the real world	Susanna Viljanen
"Ring The Living Bell," Melanie	Bells aren't living things.	Yvette Bristle
"Rip Her To Shreds," Blondie	That's physically impossible.	ThatAwesomeGuy
"The River Cried," Sarah Brightman	Sure it did	Jipster Pedingish
"River Of Deceit," Mad Season	There's no such river.	Rock Maninoff
"The River Of Dreams," Billy Joel	A river made of dreams? Now I've seen it all!	Larcen Tyler
"River of Dreams," Billy Joel	I've never heard of one.	T-Dog of S
"The River Of Love," B.W. Stevenson	Love is an emotion, not a river.	Yvette Bristle
"River Of Silver," John Gary	Rivers aren't made of silver nor colored silver.	Yvette Bristle
"The River Of Tears," Ian Hunter	Most river water is not tears.	Yvette Bristle
"The River Sings," Enya	Rivers can't talk,let alone sing	Natasha
"River Weep," Toni Harper	Rivers don't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"The River's Invitation," Percy Mayfield	Rivers can't invite anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Road To Acceptance," Green Day	and where would that be located?	MollyPug101
"Road To Heaven," Five For Fighting	No roads lead to Heaven.	Odie Garfield
"Road To Hell," Chris Rea	There are no roads that lead to Hell	Odie Garfield
"Road To Nowhere," Talking Heads	There's no place called Nowhere.	Roc
"Road To The Sun," Peter Frampton	No roads go there.	Yvette Bristle
"Roadhouse Blues," The Doors	A house cannot experience the blues.	Nate Loverboy
"Roadhouse Blues," Ministry	Buildings are incapable of emotion.	Yvette Bristle
"The Roaring Breeze," Luise Pop	A breeze is too gentle to roar.	Yvette Bristle
"Robot Blues," The Incredible String Band	Robots have no feelings.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy," Bad Company	Music doesn't fantasize.	Peter
"Rock 'N' Roll Ghost," The Replacements	Music does not have a ghost.	Opie M.
"Rock 'N' Roll Is King," Electric Light Orchestra	Never heard of a King named Rock 'N' Roll.	Peter
"Rock 'N' Roll Made Me What I Am Today," Lita Ford	Music does not create anyone.	Sheila Oh
"Rock 'N' Roll To The Rescue," The Beach Boys	Music doesn't perform rescues.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock And Roll Heaven," The Righteous Brothers	It doesn't exist.	Skinny Jean
"Rock And Roll Is Dead," Lenny Kravitz	Rock and roll can't die. It was never alive.	David Jones
"Rock And Roll Made A Man Out Of Me," The Dictators	Music can't create people.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock And Roll Never Forgets," Bob Seger	Of course not! Music has no memory.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock And Roll Stew," Traffic	Stew made out of form of music doesn't sound good.	Peter
"Rock And Roll Suicide," David Bowie	You cannot kill yourself with music	Susanna Viljanen
"Rock Candy," Montrose	Candy is not made from rocks.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rock City," Riot	No city is made only of rocks.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rock Dog," Raven	No animal is made of rock.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock Dreams," Prelude	Rocks are incapable of dreaming.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock Is Dead," Marilyn Manson	Rocks can't die and rock the genre will never die.	CDD
"Rock Lobster," B-52's	Lobsters aren't made of rock or play Rock Music.	Peter
"Rock Me Amadeus," Falco	Mozart can't come back from dead to 'Rock' anyone!	Peter
"Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love," Dee Dee Sharp	Love isn't a cradle.	Yvette Bristle
"Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)," Skrillex	Music is incapable of transportation.	Tommy
"Rock Rebellion," Bang Camaro	Rocks are incapable of rebelling.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rock This Town," Stray Cats	Towns cannot be neither tilted nor stoned.	Susanna Viljanen
"Rock You Like A Hurricane," The Scorpions	hurricanes don't rock you	Rich
"Rockdance," Kalyan	Rocks don't dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Rocket Man," Elton John	No man is made from a rocket	Peter
"Rocket Man," Elton John	No man can literally be a rocket.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rocket Queen," Guns N' Roses	A rocket cannot reign over anything.	GlamRockNinjaLord
"Rocketown," Michael W. Smith	No town exists with that name.	Odie Garfield
"The Rockin Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu," Johnny Rivers	There are no such diseases	Lucinda Blair
"Rockin' All Over The World," John Fogerty	Not everywhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," Brenda Lee	If you did that, you would knock the tree down	Christy McDaniel
"Rockin' Robin," Jackson 5	Robins can't rock.	J.
"Rockin' Shoes," The Ames Brothers	Shoes don't rock; just their wearer rocks in them.	Jacqui O'Day
"Rockin' Through The Rye," Bill Haley & His Comets	It is impossible to throw stones through grain.	Susanna Viljanen
"Rocks In My Head," Susan Raye	IOW, Susan, you must be out of your mind	Isac
"Rocks In My Head," Susan Raye	People don't have rocks in their heads.	Yvette Bristle
"Rocky Raccoon," The Beatles	Raccoons aren't rocky	Sarah
"Roll Back the Tombstone," Crowded House	You can't roll back a tombstone!	Annie
"Roll Over Beethoven," The Beatles	No he won't. Not now!	FussBudget
"Romance Of Two Planets," Sun Ra	Celestial bodies are incapable of loving.	Yvette Bristle
"Room A Thousand Years Wide," Soundgarden	Years are a measurement of time, not area.	Luke
"The Root of All Evil," Abney Park	Evil doesn't have roots	Janine
"Royal Garden Blues," Branford Marsalis	Gardens are incapable of emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"The Rub Of Love," Chagall Guevara	Love is an emotion and does not rub.	Yvette Bristle
"Rubberband Girl," Kate Bush	Girls can never be constructed of rubber bands.	Jess
"Rubberband Man," Spinners	Men aren't made of rubber	JD
"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," Gene Autry	Sorry, but no reindeers have red noses.	Melanie Bianca Green
"Ruled By My Heart," Jim Photoglo	Hearts are incapable of ruling.	Yvette Bristle
"Ruler Of My Heart," Mother Earth	Hearts have no rulers.	Yvette Bristle
"Run Away Little Tears," Connie Smith	Tears can't run away.	Yvette Bristle
"Run Like A Gun," Rocket Science	Guns can't run.	Candy Welty
"Run Like Hell," Pink Floyd	How does Hell run?	Peter
"Run Through The Jungle," Creedence Clearwater Revival	It is impossible to run through a thicket	Susanna Viljanen
"Runaway Dreams," Mama's Boys	Dreams don't run away.	Yvette Bristle
"Runnin' With The Devil," Van Halen	How does the devil run?	Peter
"Running Down A Dream," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Last I heard, dreams were mental, not physical.	Larcen Tyler
"Running Gun," Marty Robbins	Guns can't run.	Heather Brockwell
"Running To Stand Still," U2	Moving is not standing still	tom violence
"Running With The Night," Lionel Richie	Nights can't run with people.	Candy Welty
"Rusty Moon," Amorphis	The moon cannot be rusty.	weird kid106

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