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Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Golden Heart,"Hearts are not literally made of gold.Wanda Pierce

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"Shoot The Runner," Kasabian"Nobody's Got The Gun," Mark Knopfler
"Shoot The Zombies," Songs To Wear Pants To"Nobody's Got The Gun," Mark Knopfler
"Shoot 'Em Down," Twisted Sister"Nobody's Got The Gun," Mark Knopfler

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Golden Hart" originally "Golden Heart"
Stacy Poole
"Golden Heat" originally "Golden Heart"
Stacy Poole
"Olden Heart" originally "Golden Heart"
Farlow Maitland

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Golden Hearth" originally "Golden Heart"
Farlow Maitland
"Nobody's Got The Gunk" originally "Nobody's Got The Gun"
Iris Verna
"Don't You Get Wit" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne
"Don't You Get Lit" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne
"Don't You Get Hit" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"Won't You Get It" originally "Don't You Get It"
Mitch
"Don't You Wet It" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne
"Don't You Set It" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne
"Don't You Pet It" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne
"Don't You Let It" originally "Don't You Get It"
Alyssa Jayne

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"The Scaffolder's Wife""The Footballer's Wife"Bruno
"Cannibals""Animals (the Anti Peta Song)"Malcolm Higgins
"Cannibals""Relevant"Malcolm Higgins
"Cannibals""Cannonballs"Malcolm Higgins

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Sailing To Philadelphia
   Mark Knopfler
Philadelphia Freedom
   Elton John
Sailing To Philadelphia Freedom
Gretchen Wieners

Misheard Lyrics:

"Silver Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Silver Eagle bezel
Half a mile from where she lay
Original Lyrics:
And the Silver Eagle passing
Half a mile from where she lay
"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why your starship guide us here.
Original Lyrics:
Why your stars should guide us here.
"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
This Baker's Boy from the waistcoat tree
Original Lyrics:
This Baker's Boy from the West Country
"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Enduring my addiction, I am a Geordie boy
Original Lyrics:
I am Jeremiah Dixon. I am a Geordie boy
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Before Gas and TV"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we'd sit around the fires
Pass a bottle of wine
In the tales of the road
Since time Adamite
Original Lyrics:
And we'd sit around the fires
Pass a bottle of wine
In the tales of the road
Since time out of mind

Story about this misheard lyric by: Lutz

There are a few things I did not hear correctly in this song, but this one in the 4th verse I was sure I understood, and I thought "Adamite" was a fine phrase for something old or eternal. Not so. But I still think it is better than the original text :-)

Misrhymed Song Lyrics:

"Speedway at Nazareth"
The Misrhymed Lyrics:
I drove Long Beach, California
With three cracked vertebrae
Why They're Misrhymed:
He says it "Californ-E-A" to attempt to rhyme.
Submitted by: Laura
 

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Sailing To Philadelphia"
The Lyrics:
He calls me Charlie Mason
A stargazer am I
It seems that I was born
To chart the evening sky
Who They Mention:
Charles Mason, who was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason-Dixon line (with Jeremiah Dixon), which came to mark the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
"Sailing To Philadelphia"
The Lyrics:
I am Jeremiah Dixon
I am a Geordie boy
A glass of wine with you, sir
And the ladies I'll enjoy
Who They Mention:
Jeremiah Dixon who was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason-Dixon line.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
There are additional celebrity lyrics available.

Song Title Space Change:

"Punish Them On Key" originally "Punish The Monkey"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"No Body's Got the Gun" originally "Nobody's Got the Gun"
Submitted by: Sutch

Song Title Anagrams:

"Earth Log Den" originally "Golden Heart"
Submitted by: Candace Mercer
"Earthen Gold" originally "Golden Heart"
Submitted by: Candace Mercer
"Do Bony Ghetto Gnus" originally "Nobody's Got The Gun"
Bizarre
Submitted by: Job Lowe

Song Title Acrostics:

ITS: "In The Sky"
Submitted by: Candy Welty

Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:

"Boom, Like That"
The Lyrics:
Kroc style, BOOM, like that
Why:
Sound of something hitting something
Submitted by: hamburger456
 

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