What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - Live in Chicago / 1995

[Intro]

What?

[Verse 1]

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, ah-ha

I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed

I thought I'd pegged you idiot's dream

Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen

[Chorus]

I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

[Verse 2]

I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines

Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"

You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth

You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]

You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh

I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

A-ha

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

What!

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh

Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene

You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth

You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]

You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh

A-ha

I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

A-ha

You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I couldn't understand

You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh

I couldn't understand

You wore a shirt violent green, uh-huh

I couldn't understand

I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh