# Song titles that make good sentences **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266 "2006-09-26T20:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/1 "2006-09-26T20:42:02Z")
For some reason I’ve had “ **I Hate Myself For Loving You** ” stuck in my head recently. I think it’s because just the title of the song makes me think “yeah, so true, so true.” Another good one is “[I Hate Myself and I Want To Die](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389399).” What are some other good song titles that are complete sentences and make you think “yeah, so true?” Let’s try to stay away from country music songs. Nothing against country but those folks tend to come up with really good sentence titles and we could go on for days with them 🙂 (unless you come up with some really good ones!) By the way, I actually don’t hate myself or anyone else right now even though those song names are stuck in my head. really. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/2 "2006-09-26T20:45:08Z")
“How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/3 "2006-09-26T20:51:22Z")
I Want To Hold Your hand She Loves You Do You Want to Know A Secret? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/4 "2006-09-26T21:03:40Z")
I’m So Lonesome in the Saddle since My Horse Died I’ve Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back in My Bed While I Cry Over You ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/5 "2006-09-26T21:12:39Z")
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/6 "2006-09-26T21:16:59Z")
Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Adam Raised a Cain Love Is a Battlefield Why’d You Come In Here Looking Like That? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/7 "2006-09-26T21:19:58Z")
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/8 "2006-09-26T21:21:51Z")
STOP!!! In the Naaaaaame of love… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/9 "2006-09-26T21:25:21Z")
Luck, Be A Lady Tonight They Call The Wind Marya ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/10 "2006-09-26T21:29:36Z")
I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) I’d Lie for You and That’s the Truth Don’t You Look at Me Like That You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth _trust me, I could go on!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/11 "2006-09-26T21:40:28Z")
_scours iTunes_ [ol] [li] **Don’t Look Back In Anger** by Oasis[/li][li] **I Don’t Like Mondays** by Bob Geldof[/li][li]Hi, **Opal**![/li][li] **Who Are You?** by The Who[/li][li] **Let Me Entertain You** by Robbie Williams (Don’t tell anyone I like Robbie Williams!)[/li][li] **Start Me Up** by The Rolling Stones[/li][li] **Hold My Hand** by Hootie and the Blowfish[/li][li] **The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight** by R.E.M.[/li][li] **Roll Me Away** by Bob Seger[/li][li] **We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions** by Queen[/li][li] **I Can See for Miles** by the Who[/li][li] **All I Want Is You** by U2[/li][li] **Walk On** by U2 (It’s an imperative sentence, you see.)[/li][li] **Let It Be** by the Beatles[/li][li] **Is There Love in Space?** by Joe Satriani[/li][li] **Another One Bites the Dust** by Queen[/li][li] **You Can’t Always Get What You want** by the Rolling Stones[/li][li] **Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?** by U2[/li][li] **The Bitch Is Back** by Elton John[/li][li] **Help!** by the Beatles (This one feels like I’m cheating.)[/li][li] **The Devil Went Down to Georgia** by the Charlie Daniels Band[/li][li] **Wake Me Up When September Ends** by Green Day[/li][li] **Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right** by Bob Dylan[/li][li] **Where Is the Love?** by the Black Eyed Peas[/li][li] **All You Need Is Love** by the Beatles[/li][li] **Give My Love to Rose** by Johnny Cash[/li][li] **Take Me Home Country Roads** by John Denver[/li][li] **Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own** by U2[/li][li]\*\*Wake Up \*\*by the Arcade Fire[/li][li] **Roll the Top Down** by [Ten Mile Tide](http://www.tenmiletide.com/music.php) (Good, free music!)[/li][li] **I Will Follow** by U2.[/li][li]**It’s the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine)** by R.E.M.[/li][li] **Big Girls Are Best** by U2[/li][li] **The Man Comes Around** by Johnny Cash[/li][li] **You Give Love a Bad Name** by Bon Jovi[/li][li] **Everybody Hurts** by R.E.M.[/li][li] **Who’ll Stop the Rain?** by CCR[/li][li] **Is There Anybody Out There?** by Pink Floyd[/li][li] **I Won’t Back Down** by Tom Petty[/li][li] **Carry On My Wayward Son** by Kansas[/li][li]\*\*Welcome to the Jungle \*\*by Guns 'N Roses[/li][li]\*\*Take It Easy \*\*by the Eagles[/li][li]\*\*You Shook Me All Night Long \*\*by AC/DC[/li][li] **I Predict a Riot** by the Kaiser Chiefs[/li][li] **Everyday I Love You Less and Less** by the Kaiser Chiefs[/li][li] **I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For** by U2[/li][li] **Pour Some Sugar on Me** by Def Leppard[/li][li] **What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?** by R.E.M.[/li][li] **Come as You Are** by Nirvana[/li][li] **We Shall Be Free** by Garth Brooks.[/li][li]**The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid)** by Roger Waters[/li][/ol] Whew! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/12 "2006-09-26T22:28:37Z")
A partial listing of tracks from the ever-amusing metal/hardcore underground legends **Anal Cunt** : Jack Kevorkian Is Cool You’ve Got No Friends You Keep a Diary You Own a Store You Got Date Raped Recycling Is Gay You’re a Cop You Can’t Shut Up You’ve Got Cancer We Just Disagree You Are an Interior Decorator Pottery’s Gay Rich Goyette Is Gay You Live in Allston You Are a Food Critic Your Band’s in the Cut-Out Bin You’re Gay You Look Adopted Your Cousin Is George Lynch You Have Goals You Drive an Iroc You Play on a Softball Team You Sell Cologne Being a Cobbler Is Dumb You Live in a Houseboat Your Kid Is Deformed You Are an Orphan You Go to Art School You’re Best Friend Is You You’re in a Coma Windchimes Are Gay The Internet Is Gay Ha Ha, Your Wife Left You You Went to See Dishwalla and Everclear (You’re Gay) Technology’s Gay Your Favorite Band Is Supertramp ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/13 "2006-09-26T23:03:21Z")
Does anybody really know what time it is? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/14 "2006-09-27T00:09:14Z")
“Jesus Built My Hod Rod” “I Shall Be Released” “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?” “I Want To Be Sedated” ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/15 "2006-09-27T00:50:15Z")
A few entries from Irish and Scottish traditional music: These are songs: Donald Where’s Your Trousers? Whiskey You’re the Devil Are Ye Sleeping Maggie? My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet (words by Robert Burns) A Man’s A Man for A’ That (ditto) I Am the Common Man (Battlefield Band; the rest AFAIK are “traditional”, meaning the writers are unknown and/or long dead) These may not be strictly relevant because they’re names of tunes, not titles of songs: Pull the Knife and Stick It Again What Ails You? Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself Shut the Door The Roe’s Among the Heather Hand Me Down the Tackle Toss the Feathers Speed the Plough Cherish the Ladies Give Us a Drink of Water There are many more. And now for something completely different–Iggy Pop: Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell I’m Sick of You Nick Lowe: I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/16 "2006-09-27T03:16:58Z")
Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave – Dave Mason ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/17 "2006-09-27T03:38:31Z")
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict Some Girls are Bigger than Others Supper’s Ready ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/18 "2006-09-27T04:38:22Z")
Trying to pick just the interesting ones … “Don’t You Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead,” Andy Partridge “If You Want to Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night),” “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” “I Pity the Poor Immigrant,” Bob Dylan “My Head’s in Mississippi,” ZZ Top “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea,” “I’ll Wear It Proudly,” Elvis Costello Most of the songs from Pet Sounds, including “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “You Still Believe in Me,” “I’m Waiting for the Day,” et al “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, Gary Numan “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?”, Lonnie Donegan “I’ve Got a Miniature Secret Camera,” Peter Murphy ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/19 "2006-09-27T04:57:11Z")
Two from Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: “What need have I for this - what need have I for that - I am dancing at the feet of my lord - all is bliss - all is bliss” (from Shakti) “Don’t let the dragon eat your mother” (from Devotion) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-make-good-sentences/374266/20 "2006-09-27T05:35:19Z")
Tell Her No.