What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - Live from the National Bowl, Milton Keynes / 1995
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Track 47 on R.E.M. at the BBC
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What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - Live from the National Bowl, Milton Keynes / 1995 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What!
"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
What!
"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
Aha
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Aha
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
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
Aha
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Aha
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
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