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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 M

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Macho City," Steve Miller Band	There is no city with that name.	Paul Bear
"Mack The Knife," Bobby Darin	How Do You Mack The Knife ?	Lee Mccoy
"Mad Love," Linda Ronstadt	Love itself cannot be crazy.	Diddims
"Mad Season," Matchbox Twenty	Seasons don't have emotions	Rich
"The Magi (The Heart Of Man's A Palace)," Peter, Paul, And Mary	Nobody's heart is a palace.	Heather Brockwell
"Magic Bus ," The Who	a bus is not magic	weird kid106
"Magic Carpet Ride," Steppenwolf		Natalie Snortman
"Magic Fly," Space	Insects are not magical.	Candy Welty
"Magic Saxophone," Jimmy Castor	Musical instruments aren't magical.	Yvette Bristle
"Magic Shoes," The Playmates	Come on now, Shoes aren't magical.	Yvette Bristle
"Magneto And Titanium Man," Wings		FussBudget
"Make My Head Go Pop," Roxette	Heads don't pop.	Yvette Bristle
"Make The World Go Away," Ray Price	If you could, you'd go away with it, right?	Jim
"Make The World Go Away," Eddy Arnold		Heather Brockwell
"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All," Air Supply		Natalie Snortman
"Mama Guitar," Julius LaRosa	Musical instruments are not mothers.	Candy Welty
"Mama Had A Baby And His Head Popped Off," Atmosphere	People's heads don't pop off.	Kara Oke
"Man In Someone Else's Skin," Fischer-Z		FussBudget
"The Man Who Never Died," Elton John	All men die, it's just a matter of when and how.	Peter
"The Man Who Sold the World," David Bowie	The world has never been on sale	Susanna Viljanen
"The Man Who Sold The World," Nirvana	nobodys that rich!	Atrichoke_Man
"The Man Who Sold The World," Nirvana	Who sold the world?	Ninja Warior
"The Man Who Sold The World," Nirvana	One heck of a real estate broker!!	mandylee
"The Man With The Child In His Eyes," Kate Bush	Painful...	FussBudget
"Man Without A Face," Creed	Darn,I wish I could have met him	bob with 2 b's
"Mandolin Rain," Bruce Hornsby & The Range		FussBudget
"Mandolin Wind," Rod Stewart		FussBudget
"Map of the Problematique," Muse	"The Problematique" is not a geographic region.	Lizzie
"March Of The Dead," Story Of The Year	The dead can't march	Lou Quilson
"March Of The Pigs," Nine Inch Nails	Pigs can't really march, per se	Rock Maninoff
"Married To A Memory," Judy Lynn	One can't marry a memory.	Yvette Bristle
"Married To My Gun," Young Buck	A person can't marry an inanimate object.	Yvette Bristle
"Marry The Night," Lady Gaga	You can't marry the night, It's not a person.	Christy McDaniel
"Marry The Night," Lady Gaga	You can't marry a time of day.	Flipside
"Marry The Night," Lady Gaga	Night isn't something one can marry.	Harriet Henderson
"Mars Needs Guitars," Hoodoo Gurus	No one is there to play them.	Sheena Weston
"Marshmallow World," Kristin Chenoweth with John Pizzarelli	No world is made of marshmallows.	Emily
"Mary's Little Boy Chile," Harry Simeone Chorale	Chile is a country, not a boy.	Melissa Conway
"May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," Little Jimmie Dickens	That could never work.	Heather Brockwell
"Maybe For Sure," Deborah Harry	Maybe can't be for sure or vice-versa.	Billy Reuben
"Me Against The World," Simple Plan	Whew! Good luck Pierre! It's one BIG world!	Skratch
"Me, I'm Not," Nine Inch Nails	You are yourself and no other person.	Yvette Bristle
"Me, The Peaceful Heart," Lulu	People aren't hearts. They HAVE 'em, however.	Yvette Bristle
"Mean Machine," Sugar Ray	Machines don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Melt My Heart To Stone," Adele	Hearts can't be melted and can't become stone.	Yvette Bristle
"Memories Of The Future," Oliver	The future hasn't happened yet, so no memories.	Yvette Bristle
"Memories Of Tomorrow," Terry Thomas	You can't have memories of the future.	Yvette Bristle
"The Memory Followed Me Home," Alan Dean	Memories can't follow anyone.	Yvette Bristle
"Memory Tree," The Velaires	Trees aren't made of memories.	Yvette Bristle
"A Memory Walks The Floor," Dorsey Ray Parsons	No it doesn't. Memories can't walk.	Yvette Bristle
"Mental Hopscotch," Missing Persons	Who draws the chalk lines?	Peter
"Mercury Blues," Meatloaf	Too hot a planet for life to be there & have blues	Daphne Hughes
"Mercury Blues," Meat Loaf	Mercury pigments like cinnabar are red, not blue	Susanna Viljanen
"Metal Madness," Slightly Stoopid	Metal has no emotions.	Candy Welty
"Method Of Modern Love," Daryl Hall and John Oates	Again, the emotion, love hasn't changed over time.	Peter
"Midnight City," M83	There is no city with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Midnight Sunshine," Dave Antrell	It's dark at midnight.	Yvette Bristle
"Mighty Clouds Of Joy," B.J. Thomas	Joy doesn't take the form of clouds.	Yvette Bristle
"Million Dollar Bill," Whitney Houston	There is no such denomination of currency.	Yvette Bristle
"A Million Miles From Nowhere," The Echoes	A million miles from some location, not nowhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Mind's Eye," Wolfmother	Your mind doesn't have eyes	Ricky
"The Minute Men (Are Turning In Their Graves)," Stonewall Jackson	Not so. They're dead and just lying there.	Ashley Nicole Hendershot-Wetherington
"Mirror Man," Human League	A person cannot be made from a mirror.	John
"The Mirrors In My Mind," Jackson 5	Minds do not have mirrors.	Reggie Pillbox
"Mix Me A Person," Adam Faith	People can't be created from mixes.	Yvette Bristle
"Modern Love," David Bowie	The emotion of love doesn't change with the times.	Peter
"A Moment Suspended in Time," Underoath	Time cannot be suspended	Evan
"Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket," Dean Martin	just doesn't happen	Mark
"Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket," Dean Martin	Money doesn't burn holes.	Yvette Bristle
"Money Changes Everything," Cyndi Lauper	There are things that money has no effect on.	Heather Brockwell
"Money Grows On Trees," The Rockin' Berries	Definitely not!	Yvette Bristle
"Money Talks," AC/DC	The presidents and the Queen can't talk on coins.	The Rev. A. Palgut
"Money Tree," MxPx	How can money grow on a tree?	prisoner20697
"Monkey Dog," O.V. Wright	A hybrid animal that can't exist.	Yvette Bristle
"Monkey Man," The Rolling Stones	A man cannot literally be a monkey.	Rock Maninoff
"Monkey Man," The Imperials	No man is (literally) a monkey.	Yvette Bristle
"A Month Of Sundays," Don Henley	There's more than just Sunday in a month.	Larcen Tyler
"Moody River," Pat Boone	Rivers don't have moods.	Peter
"Moon Dog," Prefab Sprout	No dogs live on the Moon.	Lynne O'Leahy-Cassid
"The Moon Got In My Eyes," Bing Crosby	When did the Moon shrink?	George Straitjacket
"The Moon Is Crying," Alan Riddle	The moon can't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"Moon Love," Glenn Miller	The moon doesn't feel the emotion of love.	Peter
"Moon Madness," Claudine Clark	The Moon has no emotions.	Candy Welty
"Moon River," Andy Williams	There is no running water on Moon	Susanna Viljanen
"Moon Talk," Perry Como	The Moon can't speak.	Yvette Bristle
"The Moon Will Weep," Monty Babson	The moon doesn't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"The Moon's A Harsh Mistress," Joe Cocker	The Moon is neither a mistress or harsh.	Francis A. Sissy
"Moonburn," Bing Crosby	The moon can't burn anyone or anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Moondance," Van Morrison	Nobody I know can do both at the same time!	neptunevsmars
"Moonlight Becomes You," Bing Crosby	Moonlight can't be transformed into a person.	Yvette Bristle
"Moonlight Feels Right," Starbuck	Moonlight really doesn't feel anything.	Peter
"Moontan," Jeris Ross	One can't get tanned from moonlight.	Yvette Bristle
"Moonwomb," Beyond Dawn		weird kid106
"More Human Than Human," White Zombie	You can't be more human, only human or not human.	Jess
"More Human Than Human," Rob Zombie		Red Ant
"Morning Has Broken," Cat Stevens	Morning does not literally break.	Lynne O'Leahy-Cassid
"Mother Freedom," Bread	Freedom is not a parent.	Yvette Bristle
"Mother Music," The Eddie Boy Band	Music is not a parent.	Yvette Bristle
"Mother Nature's Son," The Beatles	Then who's the father? Christmas? Time?	Penny
"Mother Popcorn," James Brown	Popcorns do not have mothers.	Dave Shavoo
"Mountain Brain," The Heavy Metal Experience Incident	Mountains do not have brains.	Yvette Bristle
"Mourning Air," Portishead	Air doesn't mourn. Lol.	Sean
"Move Away A Little Closer," Don Winters	This title contradicts itself.	Yvette Bristle
"Moving In Stereo," The Cars	How do you move in stereo?	Wimpy
"Mr Hanky The Christmas Poo," South Park (TV)	ummm its a very strange song	Georgia J
"Mr. Personality," Gillette	'Personality' is not an actual surname.	Richard O'Shea
"Mr. Tambourine Man," The Byrds	Musical instruments aren't people.	Susanna Viljanen
"Mudmen," Pink Floyd	People cannot be constructed out of mud.	Nitwit
"Mumblin' Guitar," Bo Diddley	Musical instruments don't mumble.	Yvette Bristle
"Muscle Museum," Muse	There's no museum for show the muscle, unless you build it	Nurul
"Music Gets The Best Of Me," Sophie Ellis-Bextor	So how does she ever finish singing a song?	Heather Brockwell
"Music In My Bones," Joe Simon	Bones don't contain music.	Yvette Bristle
"Music Is My Boyfriend," Skye Sweetnam	Music is not a person.	Yvette Bristle
"The Music Never Stopped," The Grateful Dead	The music must stop sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Music Of The Sun," Rihanna	The sun doesn't have music.	Yvette Bristle
"Music To My Heart," Patti Austin	Hearts can't experience music.	Yvette Bristle
"My Arms Are A House," Hank Snow	Uhm, no, they most certainly are not.	Yvette Bristle
"My Believing Heart," Joni James	Hearts are incapable of believing.	Candy Welty
"My Blue Tears," Rhonda Vincent	Tears are never blue colored	Amber Malone
"My Body's A Zombie For You," Dead Man's Bones	Zombies are but a myth, and a body can't be one,	JC Foster
"My Boy Lollipop," Millie Small	Lollipops don't have any gender!	Mitch
"My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down," The Ramones		Atrichoke_Man
"My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down," The Ramones	Ouch	turkoizdog
"My Eyes Adored You," Frankie Valli	Eyes don't have emotions	Paul G
"My Eyes Tell Me You Love Me," Bobby Gibson	Eyes can't speak.	Yvette Bristle
"My Girl Is A Pearl," Jimmy Allen	People aren't pearls. (Unless Pearl is her name.)	Candy Welty
"My Give A Damn's Busted," Jo Dee Messina	"Give a damn" is no breakable physical entity.	Sheena Weston
"My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms," Bon Jovi	A Guitar is an inanimate object so it can't bleed	Rich
"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama," Frank Zappa	Guitars are inanimate objects without desires.	Susanna Viljanen
"My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama," Frank Zappa		Heather Brockwell
"My Heart Cries For You," Ray Charles	Hearts don't have tear ducts.	Peter
"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)," Dead Or Alive	Hearts don't make explosive sounds.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Has A Conscience," The Abbott Singers	Hearts don't have consciences.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own ," Connie Francis	If it did your heart would survive death. So, NO!	Peter
"My Heart Has Told Me What To Do," Jeannie Thomas	Hearts can't say anything.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Has Wings," Nancy Lee	Hearts don't have wings.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Holds On," Tricia Leigh Fisher	Hearts can't grasp anything.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Is A Ball Of String," The Rangoons	Hearts aren't balls of string.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Is A Chapel," Solomon Burke	Hearts aren't chapels, or any kind of buildings.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Is A Fist," Papa Roach	I think it pretty much speaks for itself.	Lizzie
"My Heart Is An Apple," Arcade Fire	Huh?!? That's all I have to say	Cat
"My Heart Is An Open Book," Carl Dobkins, Jr.	A heart is not made out of paper & leather binding	Peter
"My Heart Is Crying," Dionysus	Hearts can't cry.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Is the Worst Kind of Weapon," Fall Out Boy	I hope not!	Lizzie
"My Heart Is Yours," Wilbert Harrison	Two people can't share the same heart.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Knows," Jamie Slocum	Hearts don't have the ability to know.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Knows Your Heart," Debbie Haley	Hearts are incapable of knowing.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Stopped Beating," Rock City	If so, you'd be dead and unable to sing.	Yvette Bristle
"My Heart Will Go On," Celine Dion	Not without the rest of the body!	Psycho Librarian
"My Heart Would Know," Al Martino	Hearts don't have the ability to know anything.	Candy Welty
"My Heart's Got The Blues," The Five C's	Hearts are incapable of emotion.	Yvette Bristle
"My Humps," Black Eyed Peas	Only camels have humps on their body	M parody
"My Immortal," Evanescence	No one is that!	Peter
"My Knees Turn To Jelly," Jack Reno	Knees don't turn to jelly.	Yvette Bristle
"My Ladder Of Dreams," Cara Stewart	Ladders are not made of dreams.	Yvette Bristle
"My Last Breath," The Hired Guns	You couldn't sing a whole song in just one breath.	Yvette Bristle
"My Life Has Been A Song," Bee Gees	People's lives are not songs.	Yvette Bristle
"My Life In Reverse," Maximo Park	You can't live your life in reverse.	Yvette Bristle
"My Lips Are Sealed," Jim Reeves	Not if he's singing	Wendy Torrance
"My Love Is A Fire," Donny Osmond	Love is an emotion and is not a fire.	Yvette Bristle
"My Love Is A Rainbow," Little Anthony & The Imperials	Love is not a rainbow.	Yvette Bristle
"My Love Is Pink," Sugababes	Love doesn't have a color	Heather Brockwell
"My Love Will Follow You," The Continental Gems	Love doesn't follow people around.	Yvette Bristle
"My Mind Is Gone," ZZ Top	If it's true, then you can't be singing.	Yvette Bristle
"My Mind Just Don't Fit My Head," Tommy Strange	Your mind is entirely in your head.	Yvette Bristle
"My Mother the Car," Sammy Davis, Jr.	Didn't know cars gave birth	Mark
"My Name Is Mud," Eddie Rambeau	No. Your name is Eddie. Is anyone named "Mud"?	Yvette Bristle
"My Name Is On Your Heart," Steve Clayton	Was it tattooed on?!	Yvette Bristle
"My Own Universe," Stan Ridgway	No person can have a universe of their own.	Yvette Bristle
"My Paper Heart," All-American Rejects	Unless it's a Valentine's Day card	bottle of what
"My Personal Moon," Madison Park	One can't have a moon all to oneself.	Yvette Bristle
"My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You," Ray Price	Shoes can't walk; only their wearer can walk in em	Heather Brockwell
"My Side Of The Sky," Cashman, Pistilli & West	One can't own part of the sky.	Yvette Bristle
"My Stars," Alice Cooper	I don't even think Alice can own stars, yet.	Peter
"My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died," Roger Miller	Was your uncle a trannie or something?	Offender
"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)," David Ruffin	The world hasn't ended.	Yvette Bristle
"My Whole World Is Falling Down," Brenda Lee	The world doesn't fall down.	Yvette Bristle
"My Year Is A Day," Arch Of Triumph	A year has 365 or 366 days.	Yvette Bristle

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