Everybody wants to know why he couldn t adjust
Adjust to whata dream that bust?
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
They said what s up is downthey said what isn t is
They put ideas in his head he thought were his
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
He was on the baseball teamhe was in the marching band
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
He went to church on Sundayhe was a Boy Scout
For his friends he would turn his pockets inside out
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
They said"Listen boyyou re just a pup"
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
They gave him dope to smokedrinks and pills
A jeep to driveblood to spill
They said "Congratulationsyou got what it takes"
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
The only game he could play was Russian roulette
He drank Coca-Colahe was eating Wonder Bread
Ate Burger Kingshe was well fed
He went to Hollywood to see Peter O Toole
He stole a Rolls Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
He could ve sold insuranceowned a restaurant or bar
Could ve been an accountant or a tennis star
He was wearing boxing glovestook a dive one day
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
His mama walks the floorhis daddy weeps and moans
They gotta sleep together in a home they don t own
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out of him
That s what they did
Welleverybody s asking why he couldn t adjust
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
They took his head and turned it inside out
He never did know what it was all about
He had a steady jobhe joined the choir
He never did plan to walk the high wire
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out of him
That s what they did

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