Everybody`s asking why he couldn`t adjust
Adjust to what, a dream that bust ?
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out of him
That`s what they did.
They said what`s up is down, they said what isn`t is
They put ideas in his head that he thought were his.
They took a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That`s what they did.
He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand.
He was a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out of him
That`s what they did.
They said, `Listen boy, you`re just a pupThey sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up.
They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills
A jeep to drive, blood to spill.
They said `Congratulation, you got what it takesThey sent him back into the race without any brakes.
They took 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 doubt
Only game he could play was Russian roulette.
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
He ate Burger Kings, he was well fed.
He went to Hollywood to see Peter O`Toole
He stole a Rolls Royce and drove in a swimming pool.
They took a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That`s what they did.
He could`ve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
He could`ve been an accountant or a tennis star.
He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay.
His mama walks the floor, his 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.
Everybody`s asking why he didn`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 job, he 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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