'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, rearview 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 fuck with me, uh-huh
