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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 W

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Waiting For Yesterday," 12 Stones	Yesterday is history..	Franka
"Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere," Helen Shapiro	You must be waiting somewhere, not nowhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Waiting On Today," P.O.D.	Today is here, so no waiting is required.	Yvette Bristle
"Wake The Sun," The Matches	The sun can't be controlled. Nor does it sleep.	Yvette Bristle
"Wake Up Dead," Arlo Guthrie		mandamoo
"Wake Up Dead Man," U2	A dead man can't wake up...he's not alive anymore!	Crystal
"Walk Off The World," Jerry Lane	Gravity prevents us from doing this.	Yvette Bristle
"Walk On The Ocean," Toad The Wet Sprocket	The water will not support your weight.	nally
"Walk On Water," Madasun	Don't think so, unless you're Jesus	Devil Jones
"Walk On Water," Eddie Money	Only one man has done it, and he was crucified.	rocky
"Walk Right Up To The Sun," The Delfonics	Nobody can walk to the sun.	Yvette Bristle
"Walk The Dinosaur," Was (Not Was)	No one's done that in several million years	oldschool
"Walk To The Moon," Freddy Cannon	No one can walk to the moon.	Yvette Bristle
"Walk When Love Walks," Billy Craddock	Love can't walk.	Yvette Bristle
"A Walkin' Miracle," The Essex	I didn't know Jesus was still around in 1963.	Peter
"Walkin' With A Mountain," Mott the Hoople	Mountains don't have legs.	Tommy
"Walking Back To Happiness," Bob Geldof	Happiness is not a place	Karen Smith
"Walking Contradiction," Green Day		Lizzie
"The Walking Dead," Zebrahead	The dead can't walk	Brownie
"Walking Dream," Patsy Cline	Dreams can't walk.	Yvette Bristle
"Walking In The Air," Nightwish	Unless you're on drugs...	Diddims
"Walking In The Clouds," Easy Street	Gravity would make you fall from the clouds.	Yvette Bristle
"Walking On A Dream," Empire of the Sun	You cannot walk on a dream unless you are dead.	Dongquan
"Walking On Air," Samantha Fox	Air can't support one's weight.	Andrea Greenleaf
"Walking On Sunshine," Katrina & The Waves	Sunshine is something that can't be walked on	FussBudget
"Walking On The Edge Of The World," The Shevells	The world doesn't have edges.	Yvette Bristle
"Walking On The Moon," The Police	It's hard to walk with little to no gravity!	Larcen Tyler
"Walking On The Sun," Smash Mouth		FussBudget
"Walking On The Sun," Smash Mouth	You'd Never Get There It Is 93 Million Miles Away	Lee Mccoy
"Walking On The Sun," Smash Mouth		FussBudget
"Walking On The Sun," Smash Mouth	That's a good way to get your feet burned.	Micky
"Walking on Thin Ice," Yoko Ono	That wouldn't be a safe move.	Peter
"Walking on Top of the World," Balance of Power		weird kid106
"Walking The Sea," Cecil Hickman	Try it; it's impossible.	Yvette Bristle
"Walking Through Walls," The Escape Club	Walls can't be walked through (without a door).	Yvette Bristle
"The Walls Have Ears," Patti Page	Ears don't exist on non-living things.	Yvette Bristle
"The Walls Keep Saying Your Name," Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Walls can't talk.	Cynthia Avery
"War Is Kind," Jakob Dylan	Uh? No, war is not kind	Rich
"War Pigs," Black Sabbath	War dogs, yes; war pigs, no.	Susanna Viljanen
"War Pigs," Black Sabbath	Pigs go to war? Yeah, when pigs fly...	JoeKing
"War Pigs," Black Sabbath	Pigs cannot fly, let alone go to war	Chazm
"War Pigs," Black Sabbath	There are war dogs, but no war pigs	Susanna Viljanen
"Warmness on the Soul," Avenged Sevenfold		weird kid106
"Watch The Wind Blow By," Tim McGraw	You can't actually look at wind	Peter
"Watch Your Words," Alter Bridge	Now it's possible for one to watch words?	Brownmeister
"Water And Skies Are Telling Me," Jan Akkerman	Water and skies don't speak.	Yvette Bristle
"Water Runs Dry," Boyz II Men	This is an oxymoron; water itself is always wet.	Peter
"Watermelon Crawl," Tracy Byrd	Watermelons can't crawl.	Wendy Torrance
"We All Live On A Rainbow," The Goggles	Rainbows can't support the weight of people.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are All Fire," Cars & Trains	People aren't fire.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are Each Other," The Beautiful South	A person can't be another person.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are Glass," EMF	People aren't made of glass.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan," Lostprophets	I'm pretty sure they're not godzilla	Franka
"We Are Nowhere And It's Now," Bright Eyes	You must be somewhere.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are Pillows," The Ides Of March	People aren't pillows.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are The Dead," David Bowie	You can't sing if you're dead.	Yvette Bristle
"We Are The Storm," The Dillinger Escape Plan	people are not storms	weirdkid106
"We Are The World," USA For Africa	We are people, not a planet!	Christy McDaniel
"We Are Tomorrow," Bleach	People can't be days.	Jonathan S.
"We Can Fly," The Cowsills		Lucinda Blair
"We Can Last Forever," Chicago	No, you can't.	Yvette Bristle
"We Can Make The World Stop," Glitch Mob	The world is rotating at all times.	Tommy
"We Can't Go Wrong," The Cover Girls	Everyone makes mistakes.	Yvette Bristle
"We Danced On The Ceiling," Bonnie Tyler	Gravity prevents people from doing this.	Yvette Bristle
"We Got The Beat," The Go-Go's	You can't hold onto the sound of rhythm!	Larcen Tyler
"We Never Close Our Eyes," Scanners	People do close their eyes. Even when they blink!	Yvette Bristle
"We Own The Night," Selena Gomez & The Scene	No one can possess the night.	Candy Welty
"We Owned The Night," Lady Antebellum	Even Lady A can't own a day or night!	Christy McDaniel
"We Run The Night," Havana Brown featuring Pitbull	No one can control the night.	Candy Welty
"We Two Are One," Eurythmics	Not unless you're conjoining twins.	ThatAwesomeGuy
"We Will Never Die," Dark Empire	We all die, sooner or later.	Kara Oke
"We're All Dead," Crack The Sky	If you are, then why are you singing?	Candy Welty
"We're All Going To The Same Place," Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart	All people wouldn't fit in the same place.	Yvette Bristle
"We're All Living In One Place," Rubber Bucket	All people can't fit in the same place.	Yvette Bristle
"Wear It On Our Face," The Dells	Implies 1 face (singular) shared by 2+ (our, pl.)	Heather Brockwell
"Wear My Kiss ," Sugababes	a kiss isn't an item of clothing	A-Lean
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck," Elvis Presley	It's more comfortable if it were on a chain…	crazydon
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck," Elvis Presley	Unless the ring belongs to a giant	TBW
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven," Donovan	Can you really wear Heaven and Love?	Paul Warren
"Weather With You," Crowded House	Weather isn't with just one person.	Peter
"Weave Me The Sunshine," Peter Yarrow	Sunshine can't be woven.	Yvette Bristle
"Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang...," The Four Aces	... Of Mine)" Bells can't break up anything.	Candy Welty
"The Weight Of Love," LeAnn Rimes	Love has no weight.	Yvette Bristle
"Welcome Back Among The Living," The Certain Scene	The dead don't come back to life.	Yvette Bristle
"Welcome to Dying," Blind Guardian	You wouldn't hear it if you were dead	weird kid106
"Welcome To My Nightmare," Alice Cooper	I don't think I can get inside Alice's head.	Peter
"What Time Does The Last Moon Leave," Cara Stewart	The moon doesn't leave.	Yvette Bristle
"Wheel In the Sky," Journey	That defies the law of gravity.	Sean Smith
"The Wheel Of Hurt," Margaret Whiting	Is that anywhere near "The Wheel of Fortune"?	Peter
"Wheel Of The World," Carrie Underwood	A world is not a vehicle	Christy McDaniel
"When Doves Cry," Prince	Doves don't really cry, per se.	Karen Smith
"When Heaven Calls Your Name," Balance of Power		weird kid106
"When I Was An Apple," The Factory	People have never been apples.	Yvette Bristle
"When It Rains The Blues On You," Merle Kilgore	The blues are an emotion and are not rain.	Yvette Bristle
"When Love Is Bleaching Bad," Play	Love doesn't bleach, either well or badly.	Heather Brockwell
"When the Stars Go Blue," Tim McGraw	And exactly when has that ever happened?	Mr. Sally
"When The Sun Hits," Slowdive	The Sun is not capable of hitting anything.	Clay Sicken
"When The Sun Sleeps," Underoath	the sun does not sleep	weird kid106
"When The Wind Was Green," Kathy Keegan	When has the wind ever been green?!	Yvette Bristle
"When Time Is Stolen," Joan Baez	Time can't be stolen.	Alyssa Jayne
"When We Were Dead," Danzig	Couldn't be singing about it.	Marcia Zarwetten-Grassi
"When You Speak With Your Eyes," Frances Langford	Eyes don't talk.	Yvette Bristle
"When You Walk Through Me," Ultravox	A person can't walk through another person.	Yvette Bristle
"When Your Eyes Say It," Britney Spears	Eyes don't talk, as a general rule.	Eta_Cassiopeia
"Where Are You Christmas?," Faith Hill	Christmas is something you can't lose.	Christy McDaniel
"Where Do You Want The World Delivered," Joey Powers	No one can deliver the world.	Yvette Bristle
"Where I Used To Have A Heart," Martina McBride	She'd be dead & unable to sing without one.	Sonya
"Where The Rain Grows," Helloween	That would be where?	ChibiLowrider the Jerichoholic
"Where The Streets Have No Name," U2	All streets have names, silly	Tasha Yar
"Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?," Alan Jackson	Wouldn't happen; nor could anyone survive to sing.	Valerie Cameron
"Which Way To Nowhere," The 5th Dimension	"Nowhere" is not a place.	Yvette Bristle
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps," The Beatles	Guitars do not cry, it is amp overdrive	Susanna Viljanen
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps," The Beatles		Heather Brockwell
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps," Beatles	Weeping what? It's an inanimate object.	Diddims
"Whiskey River," Willie Nelson	No river is made of whiskey	Penelope Beckinsale
"Whiskey Talkin'," Joe Stampley	Whiskey can't talk.	Daphne Hughes
"Whispering Bells," The Del Vikings	Last I heard, bells jingled	Rich
"Whispering Grass," Dee Clark	Grass doesn't whisper.	Yvette Bristle
"Whispering Pines," Jakob Dylan	Trees can't whisper	Rich
"Whispering Sea," Loretta Lynn	The sea doesn't whisper.	Yvette Bristle
"Whispering Waves," Donna Summer	Waves don't whisper.	Yvette Bristle
"The Whistling Organ," Dave 'Baby' Cortez	Organs don't whistle.	Yvette Bristle
"White Noise," The Living End	Noise cannot be described in a colour.	Dongquan
"The White Shade Of Pale," Black Label Society	You Cant Get More White Than Pale	anthony moore
"White Shadows," Coldplay	Shadows are black, aren't they? Not white?	Nestor Abreu
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale," Procol Harum	I doubt there's anything whiter than pale.	Larcen Tyler
"Who Painted The Moon Black?," Hayley Westenra	Unless you're talking about a picture	Natasha
"Who'll Stop The Rain," Creedence Clearwater Revival	Nobody can. Weather is not controllable.	Susanna Viljanen
"Widow of a Living Man," Ben Harper	Only dead men can have widows.	Carla Jorgensen
"Wild Honey Pie," The Beatles	Honey pie doesn't grow in the wild (or at all).	Michael C
"Willow Weep For Me," Chad & Jeremy		Lucinda Blair
"Wind Beneath My Wings," Bette Midler		Lucinda Blair
"Wind cries Mary," Jimmy Hendrix	yeah right....... it cries Daniel too	damn'iel
"Wind Him Up," Saga	A person can't be (literally) wound up.	Yvette Bristle
"Windmills Of My Mind," Dusty Springfield	No one's mind contains windmills.	Penelope Beckinsale
"Window To Nowhere," Angra		weird kid106
"Windows Of The World," Dionne Warwick	No windows belong to or pertain to the whole world	Karen Smith
"Winged Elephants," Sean Lennon	Elephants don't have wings.	Yvette Bristle
"Wings Of Eternity," Mystic Prophecy	Eternity doesn't have wings.	Yvette Bristle
"Wings Of Fire," Axehammer	Wings aren't made of fire.	Yvette Bristle
"Wings of God," Anathema		weird kid106
"Wings Of Reality," Angra		weird kid106
"Winter In Your Heart," Jack Rather	Hearts don't have seasons in them.	Yvette Bristle
"With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear," Sleeping With Sirens	Ears can't see and eyes can't hear.	Yvette Bristle
"Within You, Without You," The Beatles	You can't be inside someone when they're not there	Michael C
"Without You I'm Nothing," Placebo	You're still someone even without the other person	Yvette Bristle
"Wolf In The Breast," Cocteau Twins	Wolves do not come from breasts.	Francis A. Sissy
"The Wolves In Your Teeth," The Minor Arcana	Teeth don't have wolves in them.	Yvette Bristle
"Won Threw Ate," Story Of The Year	Verbs can't throw one another.	Heather Brockwell
"Wooden Heart," Bobby Vinton	A wooden heart would not beat - you'd be dead	Doug Montgomery
"Wooden Heart," Elvis Presley	Uh? Last I checked, your heart was made of organs	Rich
"Wooden Heart," Joe Dowell		David
"Wooden Heart," Joe Dowell		Lucinda Blair
"Woodpecker From Mars," Faith No More	Mars has no birds of any kind.	Yvette Bristle
"Words (Are Impossible)," Donny Gerrard	The title of this song has three words in it.	Yvette Bristle
"Words Get In The Way," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine	Usually words themselves aren't that big.	Peter
"Words I May Have Ate," Green Day	You could do this in the figurative sense, though.	Lizzie
"The Words I'm Gonna Have To Eat," Bill Phillips	Words can't literally be eaten.	Yvette Bristle
"The World Becomes Flesh," Gehenna	The world can't turn into flesh.	Yvette Bristle
"World Becomes You," Seven Day Diary	The world can't be transformed into a person.	Yvette Bristle
"World Falls Away," Seether	Wait...aren't we still here?	Meier
"The World In My Arms," Tony Douglas	Arms can't contain the world.	Yvette Bristle
"World In My Eyes," Depeche Mode	You have a pupil in your eye!	Sean
"The World Inside Your Arms," Margaret Whiting	The world is too big for that.	Candy Welty
"The World Is A Ghetto," War	Much of the world isn't that bad off.	Peter
"The World Is Getting Smaller," Mark Dinning	The world isn't shrinking.	Yvette Bristle
"The World Loves Us And Is Our Bitch," McLusky	The whole world could never meet either criterion.	Heather Brockwell
"World of Our Own," Westlife	Not until we have space travel!	Eta_Cassiopeia
"World Of Smiles," Berlin	Wonder where that is located	ThatAwesomeGuy
"World Of Stone," Blackmore's Night	The world isn't made entirely of stone.	Yvette Bristle
"World Of Tears," Johnny Nash	The world isn't made of tears/not everyone is sad	Yvette Bristle
"World on Fire," Sarah Mclachlan	Barring nuclear attack, it can't all be on fire	Spydercrystal
"World Shut Your Mouth," Julian Cope	The world doesn't have just one mouth	Yvette Bristle
"A World Without Love," Peter and Gordon	Always, someone, somewhere, will feel love.	Michael C
"Worried Shoes," Daniel Johnston	One's shoes cannot be worried.	JC Foster
"Wrap My Words Around You," Daniel Bedingfield	Words aren't wrappable entities.	Heather Brockwell
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams," Georgia Gibbs	Dreams can't wrap anything including troubles.	Peter
"Wrapped Around Your Finger," The Police	No one's that small or elastic.	Peter
"Wrapped Up In A Dream," Ted Taylor	Dreams can't (literally) wrap people up.	Yvette Bristle
"Write It All On Your Heart," Jim Henry Jr.	Hearts can't be written on.	Yvette Bristle
"Writing All The Time," Little Marcy	Even when you're sleeping?	Yvette Bristle
"Written In The Stars," Elton John & LeAnn Rimes		Lucinda Blair

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