The VCR and the DVD There wasn't none of that crap Back in 1970
We didn't know about A world wide web
It was a whole different game being played Back when I was a kid
You wanna get down In a cool way?
Just picture yourself on a beautiful day
With the big bell bottoms And groovy long hair Justa walking in style With a portable CD player
No No...you would listen To the music on The AM radio
Yeah...you could hear the music The AM radio
Flashback to '72 Another summer in the neighborhood Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes We'd go driving around In my sister's Pinto Cruisin' with the windows rolled down
We'd listen to the radio station We were too damn poor To buy the 8 track tapes
There wasn't any good time To want to be inside My mom would want to watch that TV all goddamn night
I'd be in bed with the radio on I would listen to it all night long Just to hear my favorite song
You'd have to wait But you could hear it On the AM radio
Yeah...you could hear the music On the AM radio
I can still hear mama say "Boy...Turn that radio down!"
Things changed back in '75 We were all growing up On the in And the outside We got in trouble with the police man We got busted Getting high In the back of my friend's van
I remember 1977 I started going to concerts And I saw the Led Zeppelin I got a guitar On a Christmas day I dreamed that Jimmy Page Would come to Santa Monica And teach me to play
There isn't any other place that I need to go There isn't anything that I need to know That I did not learn from the radio
Yeah when things get stupid And I just don't know Where to find my happy
I listen to the music From the AM radio
(You could hear the music On the AM radio)
(You could hear the music On the AM radio)
I like pop and I like soul I like rock But I never liked disco
(On the AM radio)
We like pop...We like soul We like to rock But we never liked disco