Story Behind The Song
When the term "French kissing" came to my mind for some reason, I wondered, given that we all know what French kissing means, how one might define "American kissing." So one night I proposed the hook as a co-write to my collaborator Jon Ingram (@60 songs together). This was the result. Please see below.
We wrote the lyrics and the melody and produced a recording of it (which you may find on my music website, www.solidsterlingmusic.com, by clicking "song search" on the home page, scrolling down alphabetically to this song, and then clicking on the internal link). The version we are submitting here is AI-assisted. The lyrics are totally ours. The melody is an AI-assisted derivative of our original melody. When we "create" the song by AI, if the resulting melody is too far away from the original for us to consider it derivative, we keep creating versions until we are totally satisfied (high standards) that it is derivative under copyright law and under our sense of propriety as to what is an appropriate use of AI. Thank you.
| Song Length |
4:01 |
Genre |
Jazz - Smooth Jazz, Jazz - Lounge |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Jazzy vocal humming...
VERSE
I've been all around the world
Kissed all kinds of girls, loved them all
Still I've gotta say, of all the lips I've kissed
The only lips I've missed are back in the USA
VERSE
Every kiss is quite unique
Some are short and sweet
Some are passionate and lingering
Some are red hot
But wherever these roads may wind
Have I been trying to find something I've already got?
PRE-CHORUS
And now I know there's just one kind of kissing for me
First CHORUS
What I've been missing is American kissing
And, of course, there's nothing French about that
French kissing is just fine, but when your lips touch mine
I purr like a Siamese cat
VERSE
Sometimes when you leave home
Destinations unknown
Thinking something more is out there to find
Expectations not coming true
I just kept thinking of you
And the American kissing I left behind
SOLO/Repeat First CHORUS/Second CHORUS
There's at least a touch of bliss in every kind of kiss
But for me not just any kiss will do
Like a moth to a flame, there's a fire I just can't tame
When I'm American kissing, oooh, with you
TAG
Just you and me, girl, American kissing
Words & Music by Don Tomlinson & Jon Ingram
UMC © 2019 Solid Sterling Music & Klub Knukle Music (BMI)
SR © 2025 Solid Sterling Music
All Rights Reserved.
Metadata:
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Control rights to UMC and SR.
Contact phone number: 832.444.4848 (text/mobile)
Email: don@solidsterlingmusic.com
Mood: Confident; Warm; Uncompromising
Key: E / BPM: 120 / Length: 3:42
ISRC: QZ37R1900238
BMI: 24040210
ISWC: T9210556051