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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.

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Band		Song		Comments & Submittor Name
T-Wayne		Nasty Freestyle		The song is a freestyle over the beat to Bandit Gang Marco's "Nasty" hence the title, which is nowhere to be seen in the lyrics. - JohnHowarth
Taking Back Sunday		This Photograph Is Proof		I know you know everything/ I know you didn't mean it/ I know you didn't mean it. (truthfully there are PLENTY of TBS songs I could list here.) - Morgan
Taking Back Sunday		A Decade Under The Influence		Most likely known better for the lyrics, "I got a bad feeling about this" or "To hell with you and all your friends, let's go." - Jonathan S.
Talk Talk		I Believe in You		The song is from the album "Spirit of Eden". The most repeated word in the song is "spirit", so "Spirit" might be an alternate title. - B1982
Talking Heads		Found A Job		Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations They've enlisted all their family They've enlisted all their friends It helped save their/the relationship And made it work again - Isac
Talking Heads		Life During Wartime		This ain't no party! This ain't no disco! This ain't no foolin' around! - Carole Krus
Tegan and Sarah		The Con		It should be known as "Nobody like me Maybe if I cry". - Paul Warren
The Temptations		Masterpiece		Break-ins..folks coming home. and finding all their possessions gone. Oh, oh, oh...It's an everyday thing....in the ghetto. - Rich Connelly
Tenacious D		Master Exploder		Cool music, but the title is never used. - Jonathan S.
Theme Songs		Cube Checkers (Little Bill opening theme)		Despite the name, the only lyrics are "Little Bill" (said multiple times) and "Hello, friend", all of which are only spoken or rapped in the song. - JohnHowarth
Therapy?		Screamager		Screw that, forget about that I don't wanna think about anything like that Screw that, forget about that I don't wanna know about anything like that I've got nothing to do But hang around and get screwed up on you - Jonathan S.
They Might Be Giants		How Many Planets?		The answer is the track's position on the album: 8. - All-Starr
They Might Be Giants		Apophenia		The song is about the effects of apophenia, meaning there's no need to say the title. - All-Starr
They Might Be Giants		AKA Driver		Supposed to be called "NyQuil Driver", which is said in the song, but was changed as a request from Elektra and Vicks. - All-Starr
Third Eye Blind		Jumper		"I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend." The title is not in the lyrics. It's a song about changing someone's mind from committing suicide from jumping off a building. - crazydon
Three Dog Night		The Show Must Go On		"But I must let the show go on". - Rich Connelly
Three Dog Night		Black And White		"The ink is black...the page is white". - Rich Connelly
Timbuk 3		Facts About Cats		Cats will be cats, and cats will be cruel Cats can be callous, and cats can be cool Cats will be cats, remember these words Cats will be cats, and cats eat birds Cats will be cats, and cats eat birds - Jonathan S.
Timi Yuro		Interlude		From the 1968 movie of the same title. Later covered by namely Sam Hui and the duet of Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux. - Joey F.
Toadies		Possum Kingdom		There's a Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas near Fort Worth, Texas where the band's from. In the beginning of the song, they mentioned a lake, but Possum Kingdom was never mentioned. - MSG
Tom Petty		Mary Jane's Last Dance		People mistakenly identify this song as "Last Dance With Mary Jane", since those lyrics are actually in it. - Opie M.
Tom T. Hall		Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine		Every time the three title subjects are enumerated together in the lyrics, there is an additional "and" between "old dogs" and "children". - Karen Smith
Tones and I		Dance Monkey		Dance for me, dance for me, dance for me, oh, oh, oh - JohnHowarth
Tool		Ænima		Probably the most repeated line is, "Learn to swim." - Jonathan S.
Tool		Faaip De Oiad		Though the title is latin, all of this song is in English. - GlamRockNinjaLord
Tool		Forty-Six & 2		My shadow...my shadow...changes... - Jonathan S.
Tool		Prison Sex		Another instance where the title fits the song so much, it doesn't need to be sung in the lyrics. - Robert Plant Food
Tool		Stinkfist		Many radio stations found the title, which is not found within the song's lyrics, to be offensive. They had their air personalities introduce the song as "Song #1" (or something similar), because it was the first song on the "Aenima" CD. - Karen Black Sabbath
Tori Amos		Professional Widow		Honey bring it close to my lips, yeah! - Ben
The Toys		A Lovers' Concerto		"How gentle is the rain" is the first line, and I suppose, the lyrics most likely to be thought of as the title when one doesn't know the actual title, not found in the lyrics. - Thessaly Danes
Tracy Bonham		Sharks Can't Sleep		But it wasn't ok, no it wasn't ok - John Howarth
Traditional		The Sans Day Carol		"Sans" in the name of this carol of generally the Christmas season is an archaic word for "saint". Each verse of this carol begins "O the holly bears a berry", followed by, depending on which verse, either "as green as the grass", or "as white as the milk", etc. Each of four verses thus invokes a different color phase for holly berries, each with a simile comparing the color to that of something else. Never is the title mentioned in the lyrics, as it typical of titles of the form "The.............Carol". That opening line "O the holly bears a berry" probably is the lyric by which the song might best be known as if by an alternate title. It is sometimes in fact cited in parentheses with the title. - Mary Ann Brite
Traditional		Coventry Carol		Also known by its first line, "Bye-bye, thou little tiny child". The title "Coventry Carol" is nowhere in the lyrics. - Donna Rand Blitzen
Traditional		America, The Beautiful		Although it does mention America near the end and has the lyric "Oh Beautiful, for spacious skies", they are not sung together with " the". - Floyd DeBarber
Traditional		Carol Of The Bells		"Christmas is here, bringing good cheer...", "Ding, dong, ding, dong...".(usually accompanied by Christmas bells). - Santa
Traditional		Battle Hymn Of The Republic		"Mine eyes have seen the glory" (opening line) or "Glory, glory, Hallelujah" (opens each chorus) could either be the best know lyrics. The title certainly isn't in the lyrics. - Thessaly Danes
Traditional		The Angels' Song		"The Angels' Song" is in fact the original title given the song by its author, Edmund H. Sears, But today possibly few even know it by that title. It has become generally known by its first line, "It came upon the midnight clear". - Thessaly Danes
Traditional		America		Opening and best know line is "My country, 'tis of thee". In fact, that is often parenthetically attached to the title, most likely to distinguish it from "America The Beautiful" another song that also might be thought of as "America" and which DOES have "America" in the title. - Thessaly Danes
Traffic		Houses for Everyone		They do mention houses, but it aim towards the house of true and lies. - Paul Warren
Train		50 Ways To Say Goodbye		There is no mention of the number 50 anywhere in the song. In fact, the only lyrics that are prominent are "Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies and ways to say you died." - Isac
Trans-Siberian Orchestra		Christmas Canon		The song doesn't mention the word "canon". It still mentions Christmas. - JohnHowarth
Trapt		Still Frame		"Please help me 'cause I'm breaking down/This picture's frozen and I can't get out of here/Believe me, I'm just as lost as you." - Danny Hates Dubstep
The Traveling Wilburys		Handle With Care		The band members insert the word "me" into the title. So instead of "Handle WITH care," they say "Handle ME with care." - Isac
A Tribe Called Quest		Electric Relaxation		The hook is "Relax yourself, girl, please settle down" - Nat

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