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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 Y
| Song/Performer | Comments | Submittor |
| "Yankee Rose," David Lee Roth | No such type of flower exists. | GlamRockNinjaLord |
| "The Yard Went On Forever," Richard Harris | No plot of land goes on forever. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Year Long Summer," The Briefs | Summer lasts only three months (1 qtr of the year) | Yvette Bristle |
| "Year Of The Cat," Al Stewart | Cats have more than one year. | Whatsmyname |
| "A Year Without Rain," Selena Gomez | It's gotta rain at least one day in a year. | Chowder |
| "Year Zero," 30 Seconds To Mars | The year 1 A.D. immediately followed 1 B.C. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Yellow Ledbetter," Pearl Jam | Whatever it is, I don't think it exists. | Frosty The Cat |
| "Yesterday All Day Long Today," Jeannie C. Riley | Yesterday is gone and doesn't exist today. | Candy Welty |
| "Yesterday I Was A Cow," Howie B | What did he since turn into that could sing? | Ashley Michelle McGowan |
| "Yesterday Is Here," Tom Waits | Yesterday is gone. Today is here. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Yesterday Keeps Getting In The Way," The Sounds Of Sunshine | Yesterday is gone. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Yesterday Man," Roz Bell | When are people dates? | Peter Lau |
| "Yesterday Once More," The Carpenters | Yesterday is gone and not returning | Heather Brockwell |
| "Yesterday's Tomorrow," Peter, Paul & Mary | Yesterday and tomorrow aren't the same day. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Yesterday, When I Was Young," Roy Clark | Yeah, Roy--you were one day younger yesterday... | Doug Montgomery |
| "Yo Mama's A Pajama," Spin Doctors | An item of clothing can't give birth to offspring. | Arlene Titshaw |
| "You Am I," Static-X | Not only is that impossible, it's bad grammar. | The Face Smasher |
| "You And Me Against The World," Helen Reddy | Two people alone can't fight the world. | Brad Armpitt |
| "You Are A Song," Batdorf & Rodney | People aren't songs. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are Everything," The Stylistics | Including that large dog turd over there... | Tony |
| "You Are Everything," The Stylistics | No person or persons could be everything! | Heather Brockwell |
| "You Are Forever," Smokey Robinson | Nobody is forever. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are Golden," Incognito | No person is composed of gold | Wanda Pierce |
| "You Are Music," The Arbors | People aren't music. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are My Christmas," Bobby Bland | No person is a holiday. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are My Destiny," Paul Anka | Is he thinking he'll become whom he's addressing? | Heather Brockwell |
| "You Are My House," Oscar P Featuring Ama | People are not houses. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are My Starship," Norman Connors | No person can become a starship. | Jackson Black |
| "You Are My Sunshine," Ray Charles | No one can be anyone's sunshine. | Reggie Pillbox |
| "You Are The Everything," R.E.M. | Wow | Matt |
| "You Are The Light," Jens Lekman | A person can't be a light. | Heather Brockwell |
| "You Are The Music In Me," High School Musical 2 Cast | How? | The Parody Machine |
| "You Are The Music, You Are My Song," Charly McClain with Wayne Massey | People aren't music or songs. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are The Only Song," Harry Chapin | People aren't songs. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are The Rain," Paul Griffin | People aren't rain. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Are The Sun," Lionel Richie | Must have a really hot relationship! (get it?) | Larcen Tyler |
| "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life," Stevie Wonder | No person can be sunshine. | Reggie Pillbox |
| "You Belong To My Heart," Jane Morgan | Hearts can't possess anyone or anything. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Belong To My Heart," Bing Crosby | Body organs don't have their own possessions. | George Straitjacket |
| "You Broke My Heart In 17 Places," Tracey Ullman | Not a thing one could count and live to sing about | Heather Brockwell |
| "You Broke The Sun," Abydos | The sun is not breakable. | StrangeMan253 |
| "You Brought The Woman Out Of Me," Evie Sands | New way for a sex change? Evie's now a man? | Peter |
| "You Can Do Magic," America | It's just an illusion | MOR |
| "You Can Do Magic," America | Nope. Tried it. Couldn't do it. :-( | Isac |
| "You Can Do Magic," America | Some people actually CAN; others can't. | Quarkfetch |
| "You Can Have The Moon," The Tuli Brothers | No one can own the moon. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Can Make History (Young Again)," Elton John | History is in the past, so it can't be made young | Peter |
| "You Can Move Mountains," Stiff Little Fingers | Neither I nor anyone else can do this! | Kara Oke |
| "You Can't Hold A Man," Ann Peebles | Men can be held. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd," Roger Miller | It's foolish, but it can be done. | Kara Oke |
| "You Can't Say No In Acapulco," Elvis Presley | of course you can !! | mina |
| "You Can't Sit Down," The Dovells | Unless you have an extreme case of hemoroids. | Peter |
| "You Decorated My Life," Kenny Rogers | Life is not something that can be decorated. | Victoria |
| "You Decorated My Life," Kenny Rogers | Is decorating a life like decorating for holidays? | Peter |
| "You Don't Need A Heart," Teddy Randazzo | Yes, you do. Otherwise, you can't live. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Dropped A Bomb On Me," Gap Band | You'd be dead and you wouldn't be singing | Diddims |
| "You Enjoy Myself," Phish | Grammar fail: Viewpoint is inconsistent. | Andrew |
| "You Gave Me A Mountain," Frankie Laine | Wow, that must have been difficult to carry. | Peter |
| "You Gave The World To Me," Bill Medley | No one can own the world. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Give Love A Bad Name," Bon Jovi | No one can really give love a name, bad or good. | Peter |
| "You Go Right Through Me," Jerry Butler | People can't pass through other people. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Gonna Fly," Keith Urban | Sorry, Only bugs and some birds can do that. | Christy McDaniel |
| "You Got Your Head On Backwards," The Sonics | One's head can't be put on backward. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine," Neil Sedaka | People can't make sunshine. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Have It All," John Miles | Nobody has everything. | Heather Brockwell |
| "You Held The World In Your Arms Tonight," Idlewild | Really? How large must you be? | emmlingtrol |
| "You Left Me With A Broken Heart," Houston Wells | You couldn't live with a literally broken heart. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Left Memories Layin' (All Over The Place)," Tammy Wynette | Memories don't lay. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Let The Moon Break Your Heart," Buddy Wright | The moon can't break anything. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Light Up My Life," Debby Boone | Um, how do you ignite a person's life? | Diddims |
| "You Make My Dreams," Hall And Oates | No, your sound-asleep head makes your dreams. | Peter |
| "You Make My Skies Turn Blue," Tammy Wynette | The sky is ALWAYS blue, isn't it!? | Chowder |
| "You Make My Skies Turn Blue," Tammy Wynette | No one can control the color of the sky. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Never Cross My Mind," John Conlee | Untrue, since he's singing about "you" | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Only Live Twice," Nancy Sinatra | NO! Everybody only lives ONCE! | Chowder |
| "You Only Live Twice," Nancy Sinatra | FussBudget | |
| "You Put The Beat In My Heart," Eddie Rabbitt | An oxymoron! Hearts just beat naturally. | Isac |
| "You Put The Beat In My Heart," Eddie Rabbitt | Uhm...no. Hearts beat naturally. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Shine On Me," Luz Divina | People don't emit light. | Pete |
| "You Shook Me All Night Long," AC/DC | You must be really dizzy | Ricky |
| "You Spin Me Around (Like A Record) ," Dead Or Alive | Are you a 16, 33, 45 or 78 rpm record? | Peter |
| "You Stepped Into My Life," Melba Moore | How does one (literally) step into another's life? | Isac |
| "You Stepped Out Of A Dream," Nat King Cole | No one can step out of a dream. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Stole My Heart," Harmony | She wouldn't be singing with her heart gone. | Victoria Abbot |
| "You Stole The Sun From My Heart," Manic Street Preachers | Not so, I didn't even know the sun could fit there | Peter |
| "You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire," The Amboy Dukes | Talk isn't visible. Inhaling fire may injure/kill. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Taught Me How To Cry," Toni Harper | People don't need to be taught how to cry. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Taught Me How To Speak In Love," Marlena Shaw | Love is an emotion, not a language. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Took The Words Right Out Of Mouth," Meat Loaf | Words aren't able to be taken out of a mouth. | Peter |
| "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart," Benny Goodman | Hearts don't have words in them. | Candy Welty |
| "You Tore Me Up Inside," Doris Troy | If true, she wouldn't be singing. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio," Joni Mitchell | Lucinda Blair | |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio," Joni Mitchell | People aren't audio equipment. | Chowder |
| "You Turned My World Around," Frank Sinatra | I must be some super strong person! | Peter |
| "You Were A Mountain," Julie Reeves | No person has ever been a mountain. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Were Gone Before You Had A Chance To Leave ," Sammi Smith | No one can be gone without having left. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You Will Set The World On Fire," David Bowie | You cannot set the ENTIRE world aflame. | GlamRockNinjaLord |
| "You'll Be In My Heart," Phil Collins | wow, u must have a purty big heart, huh? | MK |
| "You'll Be In My Heart," Phil Collins | I SERIOUSLY doubt I'd fit in there! | Chowder |
| "You're A Beat," Eastbound Expressway | People aren't beats. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're A God," Vertical Horizon | One would have to be immortal, and you're not. | whatever |
| "You're A Part Of Me," Susan Jacks | A person can't be part of another person. | Candy Welty |
| "You're An Ocean," Fastball | Metaphorically, maybe. Literally, no. | Dan |
| "You're Goin' Up To The Bottom," Giles Strange | You go up to the top, not the bottom. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're Here, You're There," Shep Fields | You can't be in two places at the same time. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're In My Heart," Rod Stewart | Who are you singing to, Rod, a parasite? | Diddims |
| "You're In My Heart," Rod Stewart | Heather Brockwell | |
| "You're Just A Flower From An Old Bouquet," The Andrews Sisters | People aren't flowers. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're Looking At Country," Loretta Lynn | You listen to country music, not look at it. | Polly Darton |
| "You're My Better Half," Keith Urban | Not unless you're siamese twins | Isabella Jane |
| "You're My Driving Wheel," The Supremes | People aren't wheels. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're My Every Need," John Tropea | A person isn't needs like air, food, and drink | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're My Everything," Santa Esmeralda | One cannot be everything. | Nate Loverboy |
| "You're My First, My Last, My Everything," Barry White | No way is anyone all that. | Peter |
| "You're My Heart, You're My Soul," Modern Talking | Anatomically and spiritually impossible. | Susanna Viljanen |
| "You're My Jamaica," Charley Pride | No person is any island. | Heather Brockwell |
| "You're My Sunday," Jessica Simpson | Unless she's addressing a day, which can't hear. | Idont Havaname |
| "You're My World," Guys 'n' Dolls | A person or persons cannot be anyone's world. | Tony The Tiger Woods |
| "You're My World," Cilla Black | No one can be a whole world! | Wendy Torrance |
| "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," Dean Martin | If so, I wouldn't exist and couldn't post this | Daisy Pappus |
| "You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)," The Notorious B.I.G. | Don't know where to start | Matt |
| "You're Not A Bad Ghost, Just An Old Song," Melanie | People aren't songs. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're Not You," The Good Life | A person can only be herself or himself. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're Perfect," Semisonic | Nobody's perfect. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're So Last Summer," Taking Back Sunday | A person can't be a season. | Heather Brockwell |
| "You're The Biggest Part Of Me," Ambrosia | No one is literally part of somebody else. | Twila Paris Hilton |
| "You're The Cream In My Coffee," Nat King Cole | No one is cream OR an ingredient in coffee. | Shelley Potts |
| "You're the Devil in Disguise," Elvis Presley | Would not want to date that chick | Rich |
| "You're The Love," Seals & Crofts | Love is an emotion, not a person. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You're The Only Woman," Ambrosia | No, there are more women than one. | Lauren Overstreet |
| "You're The Only Woman (You & I)," Ambrosia | No one is the only woman, nor could that be You&I. | Heather Brockwell |
| "You're The Sound Of Love," The Peppermint Rainbow | People aren't sounds; love isn't a sound. | Yvette Bristle |
| "You've Got Everything," Low Cut Connie | Nobody can have everything in their possessions. | Winter Pepper |
| "You've Got Everything Now," The Smiths | No person can attain everything. | Kara Oke |
| "You've Got Her In Your Pocket," The White Stripes | She must be really small. | Kayla |
| "You've Got Me Dangling On A String," Chairmen Of The Board | That must have been one BIG string! | Peter |
| "Young Dreams," Elvis Presley | Dreams don't age. | Peter |
| "Young Emotions," Ricky Nelson | Emotions don't age. | Peter |
| "Young Forever," Jay-Z | Youth doesn't last forever. | Yvette Bristle |
| "The Young Grow Younger Every Day," Burt Bacharach | Aging can't be reversed. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Young Guns (Go For It)," Wham! | Guns can be new, but not young. | Boxx |
| "Young Hearts Run Free," Candi Staton | A heart runs (beats) in a body, not free. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Young Love," Sonny James | Love does not have an age. | Whateveryouwanttocallme |
| "Younger Than Yesterday," Real Estate | Aging can't be reversed. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Body Is A Wonderland," John Mayer | A body is not a piece of land. | Open Mike Knight |
| "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash," Steve Miller Band | Cash has value. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Cheatin' Heart," Hank Williams | Hearts can't get out of a body & cheat. | Peter |
| "Your Heart Is An Empty Room," Death Cab For Cutie | That would deny physics | Atrichoke_Man |
| "Your Heart is an Empty Room.," Death Cab For Cutie | Doubt it. | Jake |
| "Your Heart Is As Black As Night," Melody Gardot | People's hearts aren't black in color. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Heart Is Free Just Like The Wind," Vikki Carr | A heart is in a body, not free. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Kisses Kill Me," Eydie Gorme | Kisses alone can't kill someone. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Love Is A Song," Switchfoot | Love is not music. | Heather Brockwell |
| "Your Love Is King," Sade | Nobody's emotions are royality. | Peter |
| "Your Love Is Like A Melody," Enchantment | Love is an emotion, not a song. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Love Is My Drug," KeSha | Love is not a medication. | Heather Brockwell |
| "Your Mind Is On Vacation," Marlena Shaw | Your mind can't vacate your body. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Your Name Is Beautiful," Carl Smith | Is anyone named "Beautiful"? Not that I know of! | Candy Welty |
| "Your Nose Is Gonna Grow," Johnny Crawford | Only ever happened to the fictional Pinocchio. | Peter |
| "Your Rain," Akira Yamaoka | Nobody possess the rain. | Heather Brockwell |
| "Your Silent Face," New Order | Huh? | G |
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