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Song Names -> Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics -> S

Some songs have titles that aren't used in the lyrics, and end up becoming better known for their lyrics than their title. Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is better known for the refrain "Everybody must get stoned" than it is for the title.

Entries Beginning with S, Page PAGENUM

Band		Song		Comments & Submittor Name
Santana		Mother's Daughter		The song is clearly a poke at an ex. (girlfriend? wife? succubus?), but the lyrics only paraphrase the title. - princejellyfish
Sarah McLachlan		Possession		And I would be the one./To hold you down, kiss you so hard./I'll take your breath away,/and after, I'd wipe away your tears/ and close your eyes dear. - Brian Kelly
Savage garden		Affirmation		I believe the sun should never set upon an argument... - Greg Hawkins
Savage Garden		Affirmation		I believe (THEN THE REST) - LAC
Say Anything		Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too		"I called her on the phone And she touched herself I laughed myself to sleep." - Katy
Sean Morey		The Beach Song		We're goin' down to Forgotten Beach / Some people say it's a rotten beach... - Jonathan S.
Seekers		The 59th Street Bridge Song		Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobble stones. Looking for fun and feelin' groovy. - Pat Kenski
Serj Tankian		Beethoven's C***		Find the little evil perpetrator/And feed him to the hungry alligator/You want it all, You want it all/Love is not about the profits/Nor the riches in your dreams/The arms of time are breaking off/Civilization is on trial/The clocks eliminating time/Do you believe in me - Jonathan S.
Sgt. Barry Sadler		Ballad Of The Green Berets		Not surprisingly, neither the word "ballad" nor the phrase "ballad of" tend to be found in the lyrics of songs whose titles begin with that phrase. This one might be simply called "The Green Berets", from its obvious subject matter. The opening line, "Fighting soldiers from the sky" might also be cited as an apparent "title", but I suspect that that is less likely. - Thessaly Danes
Shabutie		Zut		The lyrics are ridiculous, and amazing, but not ridiculous enough to have "Zut" thrown in =] - Katy
Shabutie		Strung Short		"Well, I’m a snake in the grass, girl. You better watch out, I might strike. And I’m hard on running as fast as I can, and here we go to save the world." - Katy
Shabutie		Sarah Lawrence Strikes Back		"Hold mine. Hold mine. Hold mine. Hold mine. Hold merit. Hold mine." - Katy
Shabutie		Sarah Lawrence		"I miss you. You said you’d be coming home. To my home, move over to mine, to share. We’re inside you now. Well, I’m never going backward or outside, yeah, yeah. Think about it. Well, this dies tonight." - Katy
Shabutie		Disciple's Anthem		"Could have sworn that you’d fall, a beautiful girl whose smiles could cut me." Cute, yeah? But it never says "Disciple's Anthem" - Katy
Shabutie		Camouflage		Yes, I caught this stain! Begins to multiply, whoa! We echo through this song, yes, and in it's words, I'll rise! - Katy
Shabutie		Bloody Brit Song		These lyrics are insane, but they NEVER say anything about a bloody Brit. - Katy
Shabutie		Ambassador Johnson		I've tried listening for it to mention this Ambassador... but no. =] - Katy
Shinedown		Diamond Eyes		EVERYONE OF US IS EXPENDABLE! - Pete
Sick Puppies		Street Fighter (War)		Made for the game Street Fighter 4, which explains the main title. However, only the parenthetical title appears in the song. - Jonathan S.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik		Love Missile F1-11		It's not called "Shoot It Up." - dxman
Simon & Garfunkel		The 59th St. Bridge Song		The opening line, "Slow down, you move too fast/got to make the morning last" and "feelin' groovy" are the best-known lines from this 60's tune. The "59th Street Bridge" is actually the span's nickname. It's official name is the Queensboro Bridge, and it connects Long Island City, Queens, with 59th Street in Manhattan over the East River. - MasonR
Simon & Garfunkel		Punky's Dilemma		Wish I were a Kellog's Cornflake.... - Paul Warren
Simon & Garfunkel		Bookends		The short title song from the duo's 1968 album doesn't contain the word 'bookends' in the lyrics. 1st verse: 'Time it was and what a time it was it was, A time of innocence a time of confidences.' 2nd verse: 'Long ago it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.' - George Straitjacket
Simon and Garfunkel		El Condor Pasa		I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would, if I could, I surely would - Joe H
Sister Janet Mead		The Lord's Prayer		The classic prayer sung with music; a hit in the US during the 70s - Joe H
The Sleeping		Loud and Clear		Back, back, back, back through the radio Now who is listening tonight? - Katy
Slowdive		When The Sun Hits		If you listen closely, you'll hear Neil and Rachel sing "As the sun hits" and not "When". - British Bullcrap
The Smashing Pumpkins		Rhinocerus		This wonderful creature is never actually mentioned in the song. - Blaydeman
Smashing Pumpkins		Where Boys Fear To Tread		The title is not mentioned in the song. - Mickey D.
Smashing Pumpkins		Ava Adore		"It's you that I adore You'll always be my whore." Sorry, no Ava. - rocky
Smashing Pumpkins		Bullet With Butterfly Wings		However, Billy can't seem to get enough of that "Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage" line. - Brian Kelly
Smashing Pumpkins		Jellybelly		However, Billy can't seem to get enough of that "We're nowhere" line. - Mickey D.
Smashing Pumpkins		Galapogos		However, Billy can't seem to get enough of that "I won't deny the pain" line. But a good key. - Mickey D.
Smashing Pumpkins		Thirty-Three		"To make it last forever you" was used as a chorus. But no "thirty-three" was mentioned in the lyrics. - Mickey D.
Smashing Pumpkins		Cupid de Locke		Billy Singer did not sing the song title in the song. - Mickey D.
Smashing Pumpkins		Muzzle		"I knew the silence of the world" is sung so many, but no "muzzle" is mentioned. - Mickey D.
The Smashing Pumpkins		Cherub Rock		However, Billy can't seem to get enough of that "Let me out" line. Another thing, my imagination is in the version 2 of the video where Billy Corgan and another man plays boxing with each other on the ring. - Mickey D.
The Smiths		How Soon Is Now?		"When you say it's gonna happen "now" Well, when exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long and all my hope is gone." That just about as close to mentioning "How Soon Is Now?" as the song got. - British Bullcrap
Snow Patrol		Chocolate		This could be the very minute I'm aware I'm alive All these places feel like home With a name I'd never chosen I can make my first steps As a child of 25 This is the straw, final straw in the Roof of my mouth as I lie to you Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it at the time You're the only thing that I love It scares me more every day On my knees I think clearer Goodness knows I saw it coming Or at least I'll claim I did But in truth I'm lost for words What have I done it's too late for that What have I become truth is nothing yet A simple mistake starts the hardest time I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time - Zakery "The Weird Man" Wood
Soilwork		Overload		Trusting the ways of my vulnerable heart A million times before I get things right. So fragile it hurts when I just fall apart. - Katy
Soundgarden		Mailman		You know im heading for the bottom but im riding you all the way - Morbid J
spandau ballet		chant number 1		the song is called chant number 1 (i dont need this pressure on) they never mention chant number 1 in the song which is the main title while i dont need this pressure on is in brackets - anthony edwards
Spin Doctors		Jimmy Olsen's Blues		Lois Lane, please put me in your plan./Yeah, Lois Lane. You don't need no Superman./Come on downtown and stay with me tonight./I got a pocketful of Kryptonite. - Brian Kelly
Spineshank		Perfect Ending		I'm home as only you can see. I want to know why this happening to me. - Katy
Stabbing Westward		Shame		I don't know if I'm real without you. What is left of me without you? - Brian Kelly
Stars		Your Ex-Lover Is Dead		There's one thing I want to say so I'll be brave You were what I wanted, I gave what I gave I'm not sorry I met you I'm not sorry it's over I'm not sorry there's nothing to save. A popular You Tube video. I'm not sorry there's nothing to save - Indy
Steely Dan		Pretzel Logic		Though this is the song that's also the album title, it should be known as "Those Days are gone forever over a long time ago". - Paul Warren
Stereophonics		Dakota		The chorus is "I don't know where we are going now." The line "Wake up thinking of you" is used a few times so could be the title, but instead it's 'Dakota' which doesn't occur anywhere in the lyrics. - Chris
Steve Forbert		Romeo's Tune		The title wasn't in the lyrics, and the lyrics had nothing to do with Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet". - Bill Medley of Hits
Stevie Wonder		As		Okay, it IS the first word of the song, but after seven minutes of hearing "Always" and "Until", it's hard to remember the title. -- JDonVance - JDonVance
Sting		Saint Augustine In Hell		Although you hear the h-word at least once, you never hear the name 'Saint Augustine' once in the song. Some would probably know it best from the chorus: 'The minute I saw her face, the second I caught her eye, the minute I touched the flame, I knew it would never die!' - Larcen Tyler
Stone Temple Pilots		Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart		Its most famous line: "I am I am I said I'm not myself, but I'm not dead and I'm not for sale." - Rocky Rhodes
Stone Temple Pilots		Sex Type Thing		The title implies that the song is about rape, so none of these words appeared in the song. - Rocky Road
Stone Temple Pilots		Piece Of Pie		It's staring me down Wearing a crown... of apathy I'm standing around Dressed like a clown Don't know my name You know where to find me - Jonathan S.
Stone Temple Pilots		Plush		Where are you going for tomorrow? Where are you going with the mask I found? - Brian Kelly
Stone Temple Pilots		Plush		Well, the dogs, they found her/I got time, time, wait for tomorrow - Jonathan S.
Stone Temple Pilots		Interstate Love Song		"Leaving on a Southern Train" would have been a better title. - Rocky
Stone Temple Pilots		Big Empty		The song itself is empty of the title. - Brian Kelly
Strawberry Alarm Clock		Pretty Song from Psych-out		It is a Pretty Song, but Psych-out is nowhere to be heard! - Paul Warren
Styx		A.D. 1928		"Tonight's the night we'll make history" - David Jones
Styx		A.D. 1958		"And, so, my friends, we'll say good night" - David Jones
Suede		Metal Mickey		"She sells heart, she sells meat Oh dad, she's driving me mad, come see." According to Wikipedia, the only Suede song not to include the title within the song. - Brit Boxx
Sugar Hill Gang		Rapper's Delight		Hotel, motel Holiday Inn ... - Joe H
Sugar Ray		Disasterpiece		All over the world She's that kind of girl There's one in every scene Do you know what I mean? She's got that kind of face You see in every place Another beautiful girl All over the world - Jonathan S.
Sum 41		Fat Lip		I don't wanna waste my time Become another casualty of society I don't wanna fall in line Become another victim of your conformity And back down... - Katy
Sum 41		Crazy Amanda Bunkface		What's so hard about goodbyes? I'm sorry I'm just not as keen On planning out our perfect lives When I'm only 19 - Katy
Supertramp		Breakfast in America		And you thought the title was "Take a Look at my Girlfriend," didn't you? - Alan the Ottoman
Supertramp		The Logical Song		There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep for such a simple man. Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am - Don
Susanne Vega		Tom's Diner		There is a mention of a diner but nothing about "Tom" - Joe H
System Of A Down		This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song		There's so many repeated lines....Probably something like "Don't eat the fish," "Killers never hurt feelings" or "Gonnorhea gorgonzola." - Jonathan S.
System Of A Down		B.Y.O.B.		Neither B.Y.O.B. or its definition (Bring Your Own Bomb) is mentioned. - hardrock (or another alias)
System Of A Down		CUBErt		Humans everywhere, canned Cliche people, organs rare Humans everywhere, canned Cliche people cannot DARE! [Note: According to their self-titled album's back cover, the song's title is SUPPOSED to be "Cube" followed by the sign for pi (π). However, since Greek letters can't be typed on a computer, other places usually have it listed as "CUBErt"] - Jonathan S.
System of a Down		Chop Suey		Should be known as 'Self-Righteous Suicide' because There's no Chop Suey in this song whatsoever. - Paul Warren
System Of A Down		Question!		Do we, do we know, when we fly/When we, when we go, do we die? - Jonathan S.
System Of A Down		X		We don't need to multiply. - Jonathan S.
System Of A Down		Chic'N'Stu		"What a splendid pie!/Pizza pizza pie!/Every minute, every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy!"...."Need, therapy, therapy/Advertising causes need!" Explanation of title taken from Wikipedia: The song is named for Chick Hearn and Stu Lantz, the Los Angeles Lakers broadcasters. The first lyric "[This] ballgame's in the refrigerator" refers to what Hearn said when the Los Angeles Lakers were in control during the game. - Jonathan S.

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