What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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

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"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  

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

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