1969

Song lyrics by Chrome Dome Mike Kimbro and Tomy Lee Dudley.

Here's Tomy Lee's Studio Recording from 2026.

Original Version from 2014 as "Radio Friendly"

Final Version - after Tomy Lee's 2026 Rewrite

They won’t play my song cause it’s not current and trendy,

They won't play my song 'cause it's not tied to the timing,

Sung by pretty people in their prime.

Not wrapped in all the fashions of today.

Fact is that my album's cool and radio friendly.

Truth is that my album's built for classic vibing,

Like they were in Nineteen Sixty-Nine.

The kind they felt in Nineteen Sixty-Nine always.

Got a back line of brass just like B, S and T.

Got a back line of brass just like B, S and T.   [Note:  That's Blood, Sweat and Tears]

That's how they could make a hit so why not me?

They shaped the golden sound, so why not me?

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now I've got a groove that rings with vintage shining.

Nineteen sixty-nine was tuba free. [An Americana genre nod.]

Nineteen Sixty-Nine had soul run free.

The time has come to take my game,

The time has come to take my game,

To heights not seen by many.

To heights not reached by many.

But I could not get up there all alone.

But I can't climb the charts there on my own.

I'll change my name, for greater fame, and bring in to back me,

I'll change my name, chase bigger fame, and gather folks beside me.

Babes with highs and guys with baritone.

Babes with highs and guys with baritone.

And they can dance so I can take them out on tour.

And they can dance, we'll take this magic out on tour.

I got them all, The Pips, Supremes and Jackson Four-our-our-our.

I got them all, The Pips, Supremes and Jackson Four-our-our-our.

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now my whole sound is steeped in retro silver-lining

Nineteen sixty-nine had big stage floors.

Nineteen sixty-nine had big stage floors.

And for a steal I scored a groovy vintage moog.

And for a steal I found a groovy vintage moog.

And if it works, we'll play a "Prelude and Fu-u-u-uge". [A Wendy Carlos nod]

And if it holds, we'll play a "Prelude and Fu-u-u-uge".

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now my whole tone is dripping with that era's shining.

Nineteen sixty-nine was in the groove.

Nineteen sixty-nine was in the groove.

I asked my muse and she advised I sell my car.

I asked my muse and she advised I sell my car.

Then go buy a Leslie Speaker for guitar.

And go buy a Leslie Speaker for guitar.

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now the whole band is glowing with that old-school lightning.

In Nineteen Sixty-Nine I'd be a star.

In Nineteen Sixty-Nine I'd be a star.

The End.

The End.

Here's my Spoken Verse Performance from 2014.

Copyright © Michael Kimbro 2014 .  All rights reserved.

Copyright © Michael Kimbro and Tomy Lee Dudley 2014 2026.  All rights reserved.