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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 P

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"The Pain Goes On Forever," John Rowles	The pain must stop sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Paint The Silence," South	Tell me how...	Kayleigh
"Paint the Sky With Stars," Enya	The sky is air,so you can't paint on it	Natasha
"Painted Moon," The Silencers	The moon can't be painted to any great extent.	Yvette Bristle
"Pancake Trees," Jefferson Lee	Trees aren't pancakes, nor made of them.	Yvette Bristle
"Panic Stone," Deceivers	Stones are incapable of panic.	Yvette Bristle
"Papa Was A Rodeo," The Magnetic Fields	People have never been rodeos.	Yvette Bristle
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone," The Temptations	No man's father is a tumbling rock.	JC Foster
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone," The Temptaions	Stones don't procreate	Jessica Childress
"Paper Jesus," Staind	Jesus wasn't made out of paper.	Fifi McFeef
"Paper Love," Dick Castle	Love isn't made of paper.	Yvette Bristle
"Paper Moon," Nat King Cole	The Moon is not made of paper	Beverly Stiles
"Paper Roses," Marie Osmond	Roses cannot be made of paper; I've tried it.	Rick Rold
"Paper Sun," Traffic	The sun isn't made of paper.	Yvette Bristle
"Paper Tiger," Sue Thompson	Tigers aren't made of paper; they're living things	Yvette Bristle
"Paperlate," Genesis	Paper can't be late, u can be late in turning one.	CDD
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light," Meat Loaf	No you don't find palm trees on a car's dashboard	Jason
"Paranoid Android," Radiohead	Robots don't have emotions, dumbass!	Ned
"Part Man, Part Monkey," Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	Such a creature doesn't exist.	Yvette Bristle
"Party All The Time," Eddie Murphy	No work will ever get done.	Peter
"Party In My Head," Sophie Ellis-Bextor	No one's head has a place for partying	Shannon Ingrid Travis
"Party In My Pants," Romanowski	How can you fit a party inside a pair of pants?	Russell
"The Party Never Ends," Robert Earl Keen	The party must end sooner or later.	Yvette Bristle
"Party On The Moon," Vanessa Hudgens	Currently no transportation there for recreation	Shannon Ingrid Travis
"Party with the Animals," Ozzy Osbourne	Get civilized, Ozzy; party with some people, dude!	Anonymous Bob
"Paving The Highway With Tears," Hank Snow	Pavement isn't made of water, or primarily liquid.	Yvette Bristle
"Peace Sells," Megadeth	Can you put a price on peace?	Fifi McFeef
"Pedal To The Moon," Death Valley	You can't get there by pedaling.	Kara Oke
"The People Had No Faces," Blues Magoos	People do have faces!	Yvette Bristle
"The People In Me," The Music Machine	There is only one person in you: yourself.	Yvette Bristle
"People Make The World Go Round," The Stylistics	Actually, conservation of angular momentum does so	Monica Harpootlian
"People Of The Sun," Rage Against The Machine	People don't live on the sun.	Peter
"The People Tree," Sammy Davis, Jr.	Trees aren't made of people.	Yvette Bristle
"Peppermint Man," Timmy Welch	People aren't made of peppermint.	Yvette Bristle
"Perfect Day," Lady Antebellum	Days can never be way perfect.	Christy McDaniel
"The Perfect Drug," Nine Inch Nails	There is no perfect drug.	Electric Boogeyman
"Perfect Person," Nothingface	No person is perfect.	Yvette Bristle
"The Perfect Stranger," Jesse Colin Young	No person is perfect, not even a stranger.	Yvette Bristle
"Perfect World," Huey Lewis And The News	He even says there isn't one in his song.	rocky
"Permanent December," Miley Cyrus	December always ends (with its 31st day).	Heather Brockwell
"Permanent Monday," Jordin Sparks	Monday always gives way to Tuesday.	Natalie Starboardman
"Permanent Vacation," Aerosmith	Vacations must end.	Yvette Bristle
"Permanently Lonely," Timi Yuro	Human conditions last no longer than a lifetime.	Yvette Bristle
"Personal Jesus," Depeche Mode	What next - a public Buddha?	Susanna Viljanen
"Phantom Writer," Gary Wright	Writers have physical reality.	Yvette Bristle
"Phone Call To The Past," Henry Mancini	The past is gone and can't be communicated with.	Yvette Bristle
"The Piano Has Been Drinking," Tom Waits	And where is its mouth? 'Nuff said!	Lou Quilson
"The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know," Panic At The Disco	The piano can't 'Know' anything; it has no mind.	Epic Unpseudonymous
"Piano Man," Billy Joel	You can't make a man out of a piano.	JC Foster
"Pictures From Life's Other Side," Hank Williams	Life doesn't have sides.	Yvette Bristle
"Pieces Of Me," Ashlee Simpson	How can a person literally be in pieces?	jiminy
"Pigs Will Fly," King Missile		Naomi Swanson
"A Pillow Of Winds," Pink Floyd	Your head & the rest of your body would fall away	Peter
"Pillow Talk," Sylvia	Pillow's don't have mouths or vocal chords.	Peter
"The Pillow That Whispers," Des Smyth	Pillows don't talk.	Yvette Bristle
"Pistol Of Fire," Kings Of Leon	A pistol can't be made of fire.	Rapunzel Gladstone
"Planet Caravan," Black Sabbath	There is no planet called Caravan	Chazm
"Plastic Fantastic Lover," Jefferson Airplane	Lovers aren't made of plastic.	Yvette Bristle
"Plastic Jesus," Billy Idol	Jesus wasn't made of plastic.	David Jones
"Plastic Man," The Temptations		Lucinda Blair
"Play Me," Neil Diamond	A person is not an instrument or song!	Christy McDaniel
"Play With Fire," The Rolling Stones	Very good way to get burned, badly.	Peter
"Playground In My Mind," Clint Holmes	There's no playground in anyone's mind.	Penelope Beckinsale
"Playing With My Heart," Kate Voegele	That would most likely kill you	Rich
"Plug In Baby," Muse	If anyone did plug in a baby, we'd call the NSPCC	Beth
"Plug In Baby," Muse	People cannot be plugged in	Susanna Viljanen
"Plug Me In," George Harrison	Harrison was not that electrical.	Peter
"Pocketful Of Miracles," Frank Sinatra	A pocket containing miracles? No.	Yvette Bristle
"Pocketful Of Miracles," Frank Sinatra	Unless you're Jesus, how can you have this?	Peter
"Pocketful of Rainbows," Deane Hawley	Rainbows can't be put into pockets.	Candy Welty
"Pocketful Of Sunshine ," Natasha Bedingfield	I don't think sunshine can be put in pockets.	George Straitjacket
"Poetry in Motion," Johnny Tillotson	Poetry isn't mobile	Susanna Viljanen
"The Politics Of Dancing," Re-flex	I didn't know dancing was political.	Peter
"Polythene Pam," The Beatles	Pam, like other women, cannot be made of plastic.	Francis A. Sissy
"Popsicle Toes," Michael Franks	Toes aren't Popsicles (nor are they made of them).	Yvette Bristle
"Porn Killed My Mom," The Johnsons	Pornography alone can't kill people.	Yvette Bristle
"Port Of Lonely Hearts," Johnny Cash	Ports are places for ships, not internal organs	Susanna Viljanen
"Postcards From Hell," Zebrahead	No one can contact another from Hell	Brownie
"Powder Your Face With Sunshine," Sammy Kaye	How would you get sunshine in a compact?	George Straitjacket
"Pretend That We're Dead," L7	You either are or are not; there's no pretending.	Peter
"Pretty Girls Everywhere," The Walker Brothers	They're in some places, but not EVERYwhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Pretty Noose," Soundgarden	Nooses aren't pretty.	Gene Splicer
"Pretzel Logic," Steely Dan	Pretzels don't have brains or think.	oldiesfan
"Princes Of The Universe," Queen	No One Can Rule The Universe,But Maybe Someday	Billy Boldman
"Princess Of The Night," Saxon	Night is not a monarchy.	Yvette Bristle
"The Prison Of Love," Freddie Montel	Love is an emotion, not a prison.	Yvette Bristle
"Prisoner Of Love," Perry Como	Love as an emotion literally doesn't do this.	Peter
"Prisoner Of Your Eyes," Judas Priest	Eyes can't take prisoners.	Yvette Bristle
"Prisoner Of Your Love," Player	Love can't take prisoners.	Yvette Bristle
"Prisoners Of Today," Billy Talent	A day is not a prison.	Candy Welty
"Private Eyes," Hall & Oates	Having eyes "down there" would be creepy!	Herculina Alencar
"Private Idaho," B-52's	No state is owned by one person or an army officer	Peter
"Psycho City," Quiet Riot	There is no city with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"Puff The Magic Dragon," Peter, Paul and Mary	Dragons do not exist, and neither does magic	Susanna Viljanen
"Pull Down The Sky," Scotty McKay	The sky can't be pulled down.	Yvette Bristle
"Pulling Mussels From A Shell," Squeeze	A Shell, being singular, has only one mussel.	Daphne Hughes
"Pump Up The Volume," MARRS	What audio equipments have a volume control PUMP!?	Chowder
"Puppet Man," Fifth Dimension	Who's pulling the strings then?	FussBudget
"Puppet On The Strings Of Love," Annette Warren	Love doesn't have strings to attach to.	Yvette Bristle
"Purple Frustrations," The Quincy Conserve	Frustrations don't have color.	Yvette Bristle
"Purple Haze," The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Haze Is Colorless!!!	dxman
"Purple Mist," Kelly Norwood	Mist isn't purple.	Yvette Bristle
"Purple People Eater," Sheb Wooley		Amber Malone
"Purple Rain," Prince	I am still waiting for violet or lavender drops..	Mikeisha
"Purple Rain," Prince	Rain is never purple	Lucinda Blair
"Purple Tigers," The Parkays	Tigers aren't purple.	Yvette Bristle
"Push The Darkness Back," Circle Of Friends	Darkness can't be pushed back.	Yvette Bristle
"Pushups From The Ceiling," Warren Ross	Gravity would pull a person down from the ceiling.	Yvette Bristle
"Put A Smile On Time," Rhythm Machine	Time isn't something you can put a smile on.	Yvette Bristle
"Put Me In Your Pocket," Mac Wiseman	This would require a huge pocket!	Yvette Bristle
"Putting Holes In Happiness," Marilyn Manson	How can you put holes in an emotion?	Bookworm7896

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