# Song Titles that don't Appear in the Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697 "2006-03-02T00:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/21 "2006-03-02T02:11:03Z")
“Summer, Highland Falls” by Billy Joel “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” by Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/22 "2006-03-02T02:23:15Z")
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls (I’d give up forever to touch you…) Good Riddance by Green Day (Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road…) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/23 "2006-03-02T02:32:36Z")
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/24 "2006-03-02T02:49:34Z")
“Sympathy for the Devil” - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/25 "2006-03-02T03:25:09Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > Good Riddance by Green Day (Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road…) Uh, isn’t that song entitled “Time of Your Life”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/26 "2006-03-02T03:48:31Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Uh, isn’t that song entitled “Time of Your Life”? 😕 It’s entitled Time of your life (good riddance) ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/27 "2006-03-02T03:49:59Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > It’s entitled Time of your life (good riddance) Or maybe it’s the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/28 "2006-03-02T04:02:56Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > Or maybe it’s the other way around. It is the other way around. That is to say, you’re right. It’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life.)” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/29 "2006-03-02T04:14:33Z")
Goodbye First Episode At Hienton All the Nasties Border Song Zorba The Greek Michelle’s Song Texan Love Song Peter’s Song …and a whole bunch more, really. Elton John and Bernie Taupin ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/30 "2006-03-02T04:33:25Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > _Tequila_ and _Wipeout_ are the opposite extreme, natch. As well as the theme to the 1960’s _Batman_ series. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/31 "2006-03-02T05:08:16Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > _The Weight_ by The Band (Take a load off fanny, Take a load for free…) Huh, I always heard it as “Take a load off, _Annie_”, but googling shows you to be correct. Learned my something new for the day. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/32 "2006-03-02T05:09:34Z")
“Enter Sandman” by Metallica (“Exit light, enter night, take my hand…”) “Nutshell” by Alice in Chains (“We chase misprinted lies…”) and “Right Turn” by Alice Mudgarden (“I’m bout as low as I can get…”) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/33 "2006-03-02T06:27:43Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > _Tequila_ and _Wipeout_ are the opposite extreme, natch. Along with “Jungle Boogie”. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/34 "2006-03-02T06:50:47Z")
Well since I’m old, all these are from the 1960’s: **"The Rain the Park and Other Things" by the Cowsills** (Most people think of this as “I Love the Flower Girl”) **"Opus 17" by the 4 Seasons** (the one that goes “I’ll be strong I’ll try to carry on … and don’t you worry 'bout me” **"Lover’s Concerto" by the Toys** (what everybody seems to think is “How Gentle Is The Rain”) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/35 "2006-03-02T06:58:17Z")
_Annie’s Song_ by John Denver _The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp_ by George Harrison (aka “Let it Roll”, which does appear in the song- easily one of my top-ten favorite songs, incidentally) _A Day in the Life_- John Lennon (well, The Beatles, but it was a Lennon song) ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/36 "2006-03-02T07:38:18Z")
Off the top of my head, a trio from David Bowie: [ul] [li] **Space Oddity**.[/li][li] **Ziggy Stardust** ((_Ziggy_ is in the lyrics, but not _Stardust_).[/li][li] **Cracked Actor**.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/37 "2006-03-02T09:01:42Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Have you ever heard a song many times and had no idea what the actual title of the song was because the title appeared nowhere in the lyrics to the song? … > 7) The Dead Heart by Midnight Oil (“We carry in our hearts the true country…”) Not true - the last line is “ **The dead heart** lives here” - but great song, none the less. “Do do do do dooo do do …” Lesee - there’s “An elderly lady behind the counter…” by **Pearl Jam** (“I seem to recognize your face…”) and Psychonaut (“Pray Now…”) , Love Under Will (“Between the cracks and hollows…”) and For Her Light (“you can’t wake up…”) by **Fields of the Nephilim** ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/38 "2006-03-02T09:06:04Z")
“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/39 "2006-03-02T09:09:55Z")
“Randy Scouse Git”, sometimes listed as “Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git)”, by the Monkees. There can’t be many other songs that have _two_ titles that aren’t in the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697/40 "2006-03-02T09:32:03Z")
A good handful of **Gorillaz** songs are like this - **Re-Hash** , **Clint Eastwood** , **Dirty Harry** , **19/2000** , etc. I see New Order has already been mentioned. Carry on. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-dont-appear-in-the-lyrics/346697.md?page=3)