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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 L

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Ladder In My Tights," Amy Studt	You can't fit a ladder in there.	Yvette Bristle
"Laffy Taffy," D4L	Laffy Taffy is candy, not a body part.	Emily
"Land Of Confusion," Genesis	I've never heard of the place, anyone else?	Peter
"The Land Where Animals Are People," The Brothers Legard	This land exists only in fiction.	Yvette Bristle
"Lasso The Moon," Art Garfunkel	It's way too big and too far away to do that.	Yvette Bristle
"The Last Cowboy Song," Waylon Jennings	There have been many cowboy songs after this one.	Yvette Bristle
"Last Cup Of Sorrow," Faith No More	Sorrow isn't a beverage.	Rip Jeans
"Last Song," Edward Bear	Many more songs have come after it.	Trina Lufkin
"The Laughing Stalk," Wovenhand	Stalks are incapable of laughing.	Yvette Bristle
"Lava Twilight," InMe	No twilight is made of lava.	Cheryl Jordan
"Lawn Mower Limousine," Pamela Miller	Lawn mowers aren't limousines.	Yvette Bristle
"Lay Some Happiness On Me," Dean Martin	You can't lay an emotion on anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Lay Your World On Me," Ozzy Osbourne	The world can't be laid on anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Lazy Day," Spanky And Our Gang	Laziness is not an attribute that a day can have.	Lynne O'Leahy-Cassid
"Lazy Days," Enya	Days themselves can't be lazy	Diddims
"Lazy River," Bobby Darin	Rivers don't get 'lazy'.	Peter
"Lazy Sunday," Small Faces		FussBudget
"Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer," Nat King Cole	So, summer days are lazy, hazy and crazy?	Peter
"Le telephone pleure (The telephone is crying)," Claude Francois	You can cry while communicating on a phone, though	Tommy
"Learn To Fly," Foo Fighters	Do you have wings or something?	Ned Riley
"Learning To Breathe," Switchfoot	You'll be dead before you LEARN to breathe	*katie
"Learning To Fly," Tom Petty	Not without wings you can't, Tom.	Peter
"Leaves Are The Tears Of Autumn," Dick Lee	Leaves aren't tears.	Yvette Bristle
"The Left Side Of The Right Side Of Love," Country George Reynolds	Love has no left and right sides.	Yvette Bristle
"Lesbian Moon," Black Countess	The Moon has no sexual orientation.	Yvette Bristle
"Less Than Nothing," Demon Hunter	Nothing is nothing, it can't go any lower than it	prisoner20697
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," Fernando Ortega	Can't practice what you're singing if you sing it!	Mary Ann Brite
"Let Him Fly," Jessica Simpson	Opening line calls subject "man" (not bird or bat)	Karen Smith
"Let Love Do The Talking," Diane Leigh	Love is an emotion and can't speak.	Yvette Bristle
"Let Me Be The Clock," Smokey Robinson	People aren't clocks.	Yvette Bristle
"Let Me Be Your Angel," Stacy Lattisaw	A person cannot simply become an angel.	Reggie Pillbox
"Let Me Be Your Underwear," Club 69	People can't be clothing!	Tommy
"Let Me Be Your Wings," Barry Manilow	A person can't become wings.	Yvette Bristle
"Let My Love Open The Door," Pete Townshend	How?	FussBudget
"Let The Song Last Forever," Dan Fogelberg	All songs end sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Let The Wind Chase You," Trisha Yearwood	Wind merely blows, not chasing anybody.	Andrea Greenleaf
"Let Us Be The Dawn," Neil Merryweather	People are not a solar event.	Candy Welty
"Let Your Lips Run Away With Your Heart," Richard Hayes	Lips and hearts can't run away.	Yvette Bristle
"Let Your Love Flow," Bellamy Brothers	Fluids are what flows. Love isn't a fluid.	Anita Grade
"Let's All Run To The Sun," The Glass Menagerie	People can't run through space.	Yvette Bristle
"Let's End It Before It Begins," Judy Thomas	You can't end something that hasn't begun.	Yvette Bristle
"Let's Kill Saturday Night," Pin Monkey	A night cannot be killed.	Britney Spears into pruning hooks
"Let's Turn Back The Years," Hank Williams	Time can't be reversed.	Yvette Bristle
"Letter Full Of Tears," Gladys Knight & The Pips	Letters do not contain tears.	Candy Welty
"A Letter To My Heart," Jim Reeves	I tried, but never could find my heart's zip code!	Karen Smith
"The Lies In Your Eyes," Sweet	Eyes don't contain lies.	Yvette Bristle
"Life After Death," Notorious B.I.G.	There is none.	Mads
"Life for Rent," Dido	You can't rent out a life	Eta_Cassiopeia
"Life In One Day," Howard Jones	If life was in 1 day, songs wouldn't be written.	Peter
"Life In Technicolor," Coldplay	Technicolor does not have the means to do so.	JC Foster
"Life In The Fast Lane," The Eagles	Cops will get you for endangering traffic	Susanna Viljanen
"Life Is A Dream," Noel Harrison	Wrong! Life is real.	Yvette Bristle
"Life Is A Highway," Tom Cochrane	One long highway then!	Larcen Tyler
"Life Is A Highway," Tom Cochrane	No, it's not.	JC Foster
"Life Is A Minestrone," 10CC	Life is, in fact, not some sort of soup. No.	pete
"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)," Reunion	Life's not a mineral; a radio can't roll someone.	Rip Jeans
"Life Is Eternal," Carly Simon	All living things die sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries," Rudy Vallee	If that were true, life would be eaten up	oldtimer
"Life Is Only A Goodbye," Thunderhead	There's much more to life than that!	Yvette Bristle
"Life Is Suicide," Percy Mayfield	Life isn't suicide (death).	Yvette Bristle
"Life On Mars," David Bowie	Well, at this point, as far as is known	FussBudget
"Life On The Sun," Joydrop	It's too hot on the Sun for life to exist there.	Candy Welty
"Life's Like A River," Scorpions	Not if you live in Antarctica	ElemenT
"Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates," Traditional	Gates have no heads; couldn't lift 'em if they did	Heather Brockwell
"Lift Your Heart To The Sun," Anne Murray	Hearts can't be lifted that far.	Yvette Bristle
"The Light In Me," Brandon Heath	One cannot have light in oneself.	Isac
"Light My Fire," The Doors	This one's actually debatable.	Editor's Note
"Light Sings," The 5th Dimension	Oh no it doesn't!	Yvette Bristle
"Light The Sky On Fire," Jefferson Starship	The sky is not flammable.	Yvette Bristle
"Light With A Sharpened Edge," The Used	And how exactly would you sharpen it?	The masked destroyer
"Lightning Crashes," Live	No. Lighting strikes; it does not crash	Rich
"The Lightning Tree," The Settlers	Trees are not made of lightning.	Yvette Bristle
"Lightning's Girl," Nancy Sinatra	Lightning doesn't have children.	Yvette Bristle
"Like A Prayer," Madonna	How is something like a prayer?	Peter
"Lips Of Wine," Andy Williams	Lips aren't made of wine.	Yvette Bristle
"Lips To Find You," Teena Marie	Lips are incapable of searching for anyone.	Reggie Pillbox
"Lipstick Don't Lie," Mark Collie	A non-sentient substance gives no info, T or F.	Beverly Stiles
"Liquid Diet," Papa Roach	One cannot live on liquid alone.	Weily Coyote
"Liquid Ice," Steven Booth	Ice is solid, not liquid.	Yvette Bristle
"Liquid Pig," Lisa Germano	No pigs are liquid.	Heather Brockwell
"Listen To My Smile," Guy & Ralna	Smiles don't make sounds.	Yvette Bristle
"Listen To The Flowers Growing," Artie Wayne	You can't hear flowers growing.	Yvette Bristle
"Listen With Your Eyes," Eric Mercury	I can't, because eyes can't hear. Only ears can.	Yvette Bristle
"Little America," R.E.M.	America is big!	Sean
"The Little Bell That Cried," The Simple Image	Bells don't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"Little Egypt ," Elvis Presley	there is one egypt in this world.	mina
"Little Man In My Head," Dead Milkmen		Meg
"A Little Piece Of Heaven," Avenged Sevenfold	It is impossible to have a piece of heaven.	Travis
"A Little Piece Of Heaven," Avenged Sevenfold	Unless you're God, of course.	Lizzie
"Little Star," Madonna	stars are big, fool! :P	Sean
"The Little White Cloud That Cried," Johnnie Ray	Clouds don't have tear ducts to cry.	Peter
"Live And Let Die," Guns N' Roses	U can't let something live while leltting them die	CDD
"Live Forever," Oasis	Nothing lives forever	FussBudget
"Livin' Above Your Head," Jay & The Americans	You can't literally live above your body.	Candy Welty
"Livin' Ain't Livin'," Firefall	If living isn't living, then what is it?	Candy Welty
"Livin' In The Fridge," Weird Al Yankovic	No one can live in a refrigerator.	Max E. Padd
"Livin' In The Future," Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	The future isn't even here yet.	Yvette Bristle
"Livin' On A Prayer," Bon Jovi	How Can You Live On It?! It's just a prayer!!	Jared Funk
"Livin' On Borrowed Time," William Bell	Time can't be borrowed.	Yvette Bristle
"Livin' On Borrowed Time," Puddle of Mudd	Time cannot be borrowed...nor lived on.	Weily Coyote
"Living Dead GIrl," Rob Zombie	Can't be both, unless you're a zombie.	Karmet
"Living Dead Girl," Rob Zombie	not unless you believe in Vampires	Red Ant
"Living Doll," Cliff Richard	Sorry, dolls are inanimate. Can't come to life.	Peter
"Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," Atreyu	The title speaks for itself.	Rebeca Gross
"Living For The City," Stevie Wonder	Why does the city own you? Are you in debt?	Peter
"Living In A Box," Living In A Box	No one actually lives in a box. It's too small.	Gene Splicer
"Living In A Bubble," Eiffel 65	It'll blast when you try to enter it	Mads
"Living In A World Unknown," The Amazing Rhythm Aces	How can anyone live in an unknown world?!	Yvette Bristle
"Living In Oblivion," Anything Box	One can't live in something that's forgotten.	Yvette Bristle
"Living In The Past," Jethro Tull	Not until someone events a time machine.	Peter
"Living Is Simple," Switchfoot	It's anything BUT simple!	*katie
"Living On a Prayer," Bon Jovi	Prayers have no nutritional value	Susanna Viljanen
"Living On The Ceiling," Blancmange	There is this thing called gravity.	neptunevsmars
"Living On The Edge," Aerosmith	If you lived on an edge, you'd probably fall.	Indy Gent
"Living On The Sun," On Shoulders Of Giants	It's too hot on the Sun for life to exist there.	Yvette Bristle
"Living On Video," Trans-X	No one can live on video alone.	Yvette Bristle
"Living Outside Myself," Gino Vannelli	How could one live outside of their body?	Mr. Critic
"Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming," Traditional	No rose blooms forever.	Rachel Blattington
"Lock And Key Of Love," Johnny Arwin	Love has no locks and keys.	Yvette Bristle
"Lock Me In Your Heart," Mandy Moore	People can't occupy hearts, nor be locked in them.	Yvette Bristle
"Locked In The Arms Of Love," Ken Copeland	Love doesn't have arms.	Yvette Bristle
"Locked Inside A Dream," Alyssa Milano	A dream has no lock.	Kara Oke
"Locking Up My Heart," The Marvelettes	Hearts can't be locked up.	Yvette Bristle
"Locomotive Breath," Jethro Tull	Not unless one has been french kissing a Diesel!	FussBudget
"Lollipop Train," The Peppermint Trolley Company	Trains aren't made of lollipops.	Yvette Bristle
"London Calling," The Clash	Can a nation can call you on the telephone?	Ned Riley
"Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar," Duane Eddy	A guitar can't experience loneliness.	Deirdre Collins
"A Lonely Chord," Tsunami Bomb	Chords don't have emotions, including loneliness.	Erika Clarkson
"Lonely Day," Phantom Planet	A day doesn't get lonely.	Peter
"Lonely Days," The Bee Gees	Days don't have emotions, including loneliness.	Erika Clarkson
"Lonely Heartaches," Goldie Hill	Heartaches can't experience loneliness.	Yvette Bristle
"Lonely Ol' Night," John Mellencamp	Nights cannot get old or lonely.	Rock Maninoff
"Lonely Road," Everlast	Roads don't have emotions, including loneliness.	Erika Clarkson
"Lonely Road To Nowhere," Johnny Raphael	Roads always lead to somewhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Lonely Teardrops," Jackie Wilson	Teardrops don't have feelings.	Yvette Bristle
"Lonely Winds," The Drifters	Meterological phenomena have no emotions.	R. Jeanine O'Succinate
"The Lonesome Road," Trini Lopez	Roads don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Lonesome Sundown," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Sundowns don't have emotions.	Candy Welty
"Lonesome Town," Ricky Nelson	Towns have no emotions, including lonesomeness.	Erika Clarkson
"Long Ago Tomorrow," B.J. Thomas	Tomorrow is in the future, not in the past.	Yvette Bristle
"Long Live Rock," The Who	Rocks aren't alive, long or shortly.	Peter
"Long Lonesome Highway," Michael Parks	Paved roads don't feel emotions.	Peter
"Longer Than Forever," Bobby Goldsboro	There is no longer time than forever!	Yvette Bristle
"Looking For An Echo," Ol' 55	When you see one, let me know!	FussBudget
"Looking For My Life," David & Jonathan	If you have your life, then it's not lost.	Yvette Bristle
"Looking For My Mind," George Paul Jefferson	And where might you find it?	Yvette Bristle
"Looking Glass Eyes," Aiden	self-explanatory	Lizzie
"Looking Outside Inside," Anathema		weird kid106
"Looking Through The Eyes Of Love," Partridge Family	As an emotion, love doesn't have eyes.	Peter
"Looking Through Your Eyes," LeAnn Rimes	One can't look through another's eyes.	Carmen Mistletoe
"Looks That Kill," Motley Crue	Only in science fiction does looking kill someone.	Peter
"Lose My Breath," Destiny's Child	Then you'll die.	Peter
"Lose Yourself," Eminem	How?....	Ricky
"Lose Yourself," Eminem	Let me just walk into this dark forest...	Wade
"Losing More Than You've Ever Had," Accept	You can't lose things you don't have.	Yvette Bristle
"Lost In A Feeling," Claudia Church	You can't get lost in an emotion.	Candy Welty
"Lost In Emotion," Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam	No one can get lost in any emotion.	Candy Welty
"Lost In Love," Air Supply	How would you get lost inside of an emotion?	Peter
"Lost In The Future," Gamma Ray	The future hasn't happened yet.	Yvette Bristle
"Lost In Your Eyes," Debbie Gibson	Not unless she was the size of a contact lens.	George Straitjacket
"Lost Inside Of You," Al Hudson	A person can't get lost in another person.	Yvette Bristle
"Lost Inside Your Love," Badfinger	Love is an emotion and has no inside.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Bites," Def Leppard	Love has no teeth.	Christy McDaniel
"Love Bites," Def Leppard	Love is an emotion. It has no teeth.	ThatAwesomeGuy
"Love Burned A Hole In The Night," Tom Jones	Love is an emotion and doesn't burn holes.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Can Build A Bridge," Wynonna Judd	Love is not a construction method	Rachel Blattington
"Love Can Move Mountains," Celine Dion		Natalie Snortman
"Love Castle," Chick Corea	Love is an emotion and is not a castle.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Changes Everything," Climie Fisher	There are things love doesn't change.	Peter
"Love Comes In Funny Packages," Salvation	Love doesn't come in any packages.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Comes Walking In," Van Halen	Love has no legs. How can it walk?	Scandia
"Love Conquers All," Nanci Griffith	Love is an emotion and does no conquering.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Cries," Stage Dolls	Love is an emotion and doesn't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Explains It All," Venke Knutson	Even gravity?	Jellybean
"Love Has A Mind Of Its Own," Donna Summer	Uhm, no, it does not.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Hurts," Nazareth	Most of the time it is pure elation	Susanna Viljanen
"Love In A Vacuum," Til Tuesday	By deffinition, a vacuum is devoid of everything	Garnet
"Love Is A 5-Letter Word," James Phelps	No. Love is a 4-letter word!	Yvette Bristle
"Love is a Battlefield," Pat Benatar	Battlefields are full of aggression, not love!	Larcen Tyler
"Love Is A Bird," The Knickerbockers	Love is an emotion, not a living thing.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Carousel," Craig Douglas	Love is an emotion and not an amusement-park ride.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Castle," Barbara Lewis	Love is an emotion, not a building.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Cracked Head Gasket," Baboon Rising	Duh, love isn't that! Would elaborate, but no room	Heather Brockwell
"Love Is A Cyborg Playing The Harpsichord," Logan Whitehurst	Even if a cyborg did so, it wouldn't be love.	Heather Brockwell
"Love Is A Dance," Christopher Horn	Love is an emotion and is not a dance.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Dead Language," Chagall Guevara	Love isn't a language - living or dead.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Golden Ring," Frankie Laine	No, it's an emotion or a 4-letter word.	Peter
"Love Is A Gypsy," Laurie Loman	Love is an emotion, not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Loaded Gun," Alice Cooper	A loaded gun is a weapon to kill. Not love	Mads
"Love Is A Number," White Rose Movement	Love is an emotion and is not a number.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Rhapsody," General Lafayette	Love is an emotion and is not music.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Rose," Linda Ronstadt	Love is an emotion, not a flower.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Shield," Camouflage	Love is not a shield	Heather Brockwell
"Love Is A Soldier," Jan Wayne	Love is an emotion and is not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is A Stranger," Eurythmics	No. Love is an emotion.	ThatAwesomeGuy
"Love Is A Sunny Day," John Roger Beach	Love is an emotion, not a day.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is All Around," Troggs	I've been in lots of places without love around.	Mads
"Love Is An Army," LeAnn Rimes	No. Love is an emotion.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is Bigger Than The Whole Wide World," Headband	Love doesn't have a physical size.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is Blue," Paul Mauriat	Love has no color.	Lucinda Blair
"Love Is Bubblegum," Tony Dano & Robie Reed	Love is an emotion, not gum.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is Dynamite," Gary Dale	Love is an emotion, not an explosive.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is Everything," Maria Muldaur	No, it is not.	Candy Welty
"Love Is In The Air," John Paul Young	I thought it was oxygen? Pollution?	Peter
"Love Is Like A Rock," Donnie Iris	Love does not turn to stone.	Mickey D.
"Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart," The Supremes	An emotion can't cause an itch.	Peter
"Love Is Like Oxygen," Sweet	No. Love is an emotion; oxygen is a gas.	Peter
"Love Is Me, Love Is You," Connie Francis	Love is an emotion, not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is Summertime," The Pendulums	Love is an emotion, not a time of year.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is The Drug," Roxy Music	Can you get a prescription for love? No.	Francis A. Sissy
"Love Is The Light," Beverly Craven	Love is an emotion and is not a light.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Is The Only Soldier," Jann Arden	Love is not a soldier.	Shelley Potts
"Love Is The Price," DJ Bobo	What can I buy for love?	Mads
"Love Is You," Danny Warner	Love is an emotion, not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Isn't Love," The Aggrolites	If love isn't love, then what is it?	Yvette Bristle
"Love Jumped Through My Window," Arthur Lee	Love is not an animal or human being	Sutch
"Love Kills," Freddie Mercury	If so, then why are there so many love songs?	Yvette Bristle
"Love Lies Bleeding," Elton John	Love cannot lie or bleed.	Nigel Shave Cream
"Love Machine," Girls Aloud	No such machine ever existed	NK
"Love Makes The World Go Round," Perry Como	Hardly. This fails all scientific proof.	Peter
"Love Me To Pieces," Jill Corey		Natalie Snortman
"Love Me With Your Eyes," Ronnie Lee	Eyes can't love anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Minus Zero - No Limit," Turley Richards	Love isn't mathematical.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Never Fails," Brandon Heath	Actually, love fails way too often.	Heather Brockwell
"Love Plus One," Haircut 100	Love isn't a mathematical term.	Dwayne D. Bathtub
"Love Potion #9," The Searchers	There is no such thing as a love potion	Jeffrey Hope
"Love Rain," Lead	I don't think feelings can be weather, do you?	Gemma
"Love Really Hurts Without You," Billy Ocean	Love as word doesn't feel anything including pain.	Peter
"Love Removal Machine," The Cult	Never heard of such a thing. Who invented it?	Peter
"Love Sneaking Up On You," Bonnie Raitt	Since when can you see love approaching?	Larcen Tyler
"Love Stinks," J. Geils Band	Love does not have an odor.	Red Ruffcorn
"Love Tastes Like Strawberries," The Briarwood Singers	Love doesn't have a taste.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Waits," The Angels (Australian group)	Love is an emotion and does no waiting.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Walked In," Dinah Washington	Love is an emotion and it doesn't walk.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Walks In," Van Halen	Love is incapable of walking.	Yvette Bristle
"Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division	So, now love is causing physical harm to you?	Peter
"Love You To," The Beatles	Love me to what? To not make sense?	Michael C
"Love's A Burning Fire," Beverly Ann Gibson	Love is an emotion, not a fire.	Yvette Bristle
"Love's Gone Mad," Seventh Avenue	Love is an emotion and doesn't go mad.	Yvette Bristle
"Love's Just A Broken Heart," Cilla Black	No, it's an emotion.	Peter
"Love's The Only House," Martina McBride	There are many houses, and love isn't one.	Heather Brockwell
"Loveless Love," Big Lee	This is an oxymoron. It contradicts itself.	Yvette Bristle
"Lovers Never Say Goodbye," The Flamingos	Oh yes they do!	Yvette Bristle
"Loves Me Like A Rock," Paul Simon	Rocks are incapable of love.	Yvette Bristle
"Lovin' You Out Loud," Rascal Flatts	You can't love anybody out loud, or in any volume!	Mr. Sally
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas," Guy Marks	Love can't make bananas.	Yvette Bristle
"Luck Be A Lady," Frank Sinatra	Luck is not a being, therefore it is not a lady.	JC Foster
"Lucky Star," Madonna	A star (in the sky) cannot have luck.	Connie Furr
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," The Beatles	what are diamonds and Lucy doing in the sky?	TBuck
"Lyin' Eyes," The Eagles	Eyes can tell neither truth nor lies.	Lynne O'Leahy-Cassid

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