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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 O

Song/Performer	Comments	Submittor
"Oasis Of Love," Enchantment	Love is an emotion, not an oasis.	Yvette Bristle
"Ocean Blues," Lee Oskar	Bodies of water don't have emotions.	Yvette Bristle
"Ocean Breathes Salty," Modest Mouse	The ocean can't breath let alone breathe salty	Kevin
"Ocean Breathes Salty," Modest Mouse	Oceans don't breathe, although they are salty.	Jess
"Ocean Eyes," Billie Eilish	Oceans don't have eyes.	JohnHowarth
"Ocean Full Of Tears," Frankie Ford	Most ocean water is not tears.	Yvette Bristle
"The Ocean In Her Eye," Motorpsycho	Eyes don't have oceans in them.	Candy Welty
"Ocean Of Thoughts And Dreams," The Dramatics	Oceans aren't made of thoughts or dreams.	Yvette Bristle
"Octopus' Garden," The Beatles	Octopuses have no gardens	Heather Brockwell
"Off The Coast Of Love," Nona Hendryx	Love is an emotion and has no coast.	Yvette Bristle
"Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams In My Arms)," Al Green	Dreams don't exist in people's arms.	Yvette Bristle
"Oh, Happy Day," Edward Hawkins	Again, a day cannot be happy.	Reggie Pillbox
"Oh, You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet," Bright Eyes	People aren't roots.	Yvette Bristle
"Oh, You Crazy Moon," Frank Sinatra	The moon can't exhibit craziness.	Yvette Bristle
"Old Devil Moon," Miles Davis	The Moon is not devilish.	Yvette Bristle
"Old Future," John Gorka	The future doesn't yet exist, so it can't be old.	Karen Smith
"Old Man Atom," The Sons Of The Pioneers	Men aren't single atoms(but are composed of many)	Yvette Bristle
"Old Man River," Cast Of 'Showboat'	No river is a man (of any age).	Rosie Finch
"Old Records Never Die," Ian Hunter	Even when they're broken?	Yvette Bristle
"Old Youth," Lord Nelson	This title contradicts itself. Another oxymoron!	Yvette Bristle
"Older Than My Years," Cherie	You're only as old as your age.	Yvette Bristle
"Older Than Time Itself," Dark Angel	Nothing is older than time.	Yvette Bristle
"Ole Buttermilk Sky," Hoagy Carmichael	The sky isn't made of buttermilk	Lefty Lucy
"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," Barbra Streisand	Not even Babs can see that far.	Peter
"On A Coconut Island," George Lewis	Islands aren't made of coconuts.	Yvette Bristle
"On A Night Like You," Golden Earring	People are not nights.	Yvette Bristle
"On A Train Going Nowhere," Marlene Willis	It must be going somewhere.	Yvette Bristle
"On The Good Ship Lollipop," Shirley Temple	Never been a ship, good or bad, named 'Lollipop'.	Peter
"On The Shore Of Amore," The Headhunters	There is no place with this name.	Yvette Bristle
"On The Wings Of Love," Jeffrey Osborne	Emotions don't have wings, even love.	Peter
"On This Day The Earth Shall Ring," Traditional	The Earth is not a bell.	Mary Ann Brite
"On This Side Of Goodbye," The Righteous Brothers	Goodbye doesn't have sides.	Yvette Bristle
"On Top of the World," Imagine Dragons	You can't stand on top of the world.	Dongquan
"On Top of the World," Boys Like Girls	Duh! The Earth rotates. You'd never know that.	Lizzie
"Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean," Paul Simon	Oceans exist.	Yvette Bristle
"One And One Is One," Medicine Head	No, it's Two! Someone needs remedial math.	Peter
"One Cup Of Happiness," Dean Martin	Happiness can't be put into a cup.	Yvette Bristle
"One Day Women Will All Become Monsters," Chiodos	Isn't that called the Rapture?	Chris lawl
"One Gallon Axe," White Gold	what's next, 250ml bayonet?	hamp
"One Hand Clapping," Sharon Smith	Clapping requires two hands.	Yvette Bristle
"One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out," Barclay James Harvest	A smile is not a unit of distance.	Yvette Bristle
"One In A Million You," Larry Graham	There are way more than a million people.	Yvette Bristle
"One Man Parade," James Taylor	Parades have more than one person.	Candy Welty
"One Note Melody," Paul Stookey	A melody has more than one note.	Yvette Bristle
"The One On The Right Is On The Left," Johnny Cash	This statement contradicts itself.	Yvette Bristle
"One Paper Kid," Emmylou Harris	Kids aren't made of paper.	Yvette Bristle
"One Part Dog, Nine Parts Cat," Dick Van Dyke	An animal like this can't exist.	Yvette Bristle
"One Plus One Is One," Badly Drawn Boy	Sorry! One plus one is two!	Millie Henry
"The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)," Teresa Brewer	Roses don't exist in people's hearts.	Yvette Bristle
"One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men	Days have no flavor.	Lori Blonde
"One Track Mind," Bobby Lewis	A mind has no actual tracks.	Heather Brockwell
"One Way Ticket to Hell and Back," The Darkness	If it's a one way ticket, you can't get back.	Foul
"One Way Ticket to Hell And Back," The Darkness	One Way = Not Back	Libby G
"One Way Ticket To Nowhere," Syl Johnson	A destination must be somewhere.	Yvette Bristle
"One Way Ticket to the Blues," Neil Sedaka	You cannot take a train ride into a set of colours	Susanna Viljanen
"One-Man Army," Our Lady Peace	One man does not make an Army.	Rock Maninoff
"One-Way Ticket (To The Blues)," Neil Sedaka	The blues are an emotion, not a destination.	Yvette Bristle
"Only A Lonely Heart Knows," Barbara Mandrell	Hearts are incapable of knowing anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Only A Lonely Heart Sees," Felix Cavaliere	Hearts are incapable of vision.	Yvette Bristle
"Only Girl (In the World)," Rihanna	There is more than 1 girl on the planet	Evan
"Only Happy When It Rains," Garbage	No one is only happy when it's raining.	Steve
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart," Neil Young	Men and women break hearts, not love.	MOR
"Only My Heart Talkin'," Alice Cooper	Hearts can't talk.	Yvette Bristle
"Only My Love Is True," Foster Sylvers	Many other people's love is true, too.	Yvette Bristle
"Only The Good Die Young," Billy Joel	I'm sure there are many criminals who died young.	Larcen Tyler
"Only Time Will Tell," Asia	And which mouth will Time use to tell us what?	Peter
"The Only Way Is Up," Yazz	No, there is down, across, over, etc.	Gretchen Q. Wieners
"Only We Remain," Shoes	There are many more people than just this band.	Yvette Bristle
"Only Women Bleed," Alice Cooper	Not true, I say !!!	FussBudget
"Only Your Nose Knows," Max Webster	Noses are incapable of knowing anything.	Yvette Bristle
"Open The Door To Your Heart," Darrell Banks	Sorry, hearts don't come with doors.	Peter
"Open The Eyes Of My Heart," Michael W. Smith	A heart has no eyes.	Karen Smith
"Open Your Heart," Madonna	And what am i supposed to open it with?	Josh Nichols (Drake and Josh)
"Open Your Heart," Madonna	When did Madonna become a surgeon?	Peter
"Orange Bliss," Leah West	Bliss has no color.	Heather Brockwell
"Organ Shout," Dave 'Baby' Cortez	Organs don't shout.	Yvette Bristle
"The Other Me," Paul McCartney	Is there a clone of you wandering around?	Ariana Crowne
"The Other Me," Paul McCartney	There's only ONE you, Paul!	Isac
"Other Side Of Life," The Moody Blues	Life does not have sides.	Timothy Burr
"Our Lips Are Sealed," The Go-Go's	They couldn't be singing if they were.	Condoleezza Rice Pilaf
"Our Love Goes Marching On," Clifford Curry	Love is an emotion and it doesn't march.	Yvette Bristle
"Our Love Is Loud," David Crowder Band	Loudness isn't an attribute of love.	Heather Brockwell
"Our Love's A Chain," Illustration	Love is an emotion, not a chain.	Yvette Bristle
"Our Sister The Sun," The Insect Trust	The Sun has no gender and has no siblings.	Yvette Bristle
"Out Of Nowhere," Frank Ifield	Everything must come from somewhere.	Yvette Bristle
"Out Of Tears," The Rolling Stones	You can never run out of tears.	Opie M.
"Over Under Sideways Down," The Yardbirds	Too many contradictory directions at one time.	Peter
"Own The Night," Chaka Khan	No one can possess the night.	Yvette Bristle
"Owner Of A Lonely Heart," Yes	Since when is a heart lonely?	CDD

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