What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Lyrics

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

"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
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
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 of violent green, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
I never understood, don't f**k with me, uh-huh

R.E.M. - R.E.M. Live 2CD/1DVD

Oct 2007

1. I Took Your Name
2. So Fast, So Numb
3. Boy in the Well
4. Cuyahoga
5. Everybody Hurts
6. Electron Blue
7. Bad Day
8. Ascent of Man
9. Great Beyond
10. Leaving New York
11. Orange Crush
12. I Wanted to Be Wrong
13. Final Straw
14. Imitation of Life
15. One I Love
16. Walk Unafraid
17. Losing My Religion
18. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
19. Drive
20. Rockville
21. I'm Gonna DJ
22. Man on the Moon