Lyric Clean-Cut Kid
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 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
He went to church on Sunday, he 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 him
That s what they did
They said, Listen boy, you re just a pup
They sent 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 Congratulations you got what it takes .
They sent him back into the rat-race without any brakes
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out him
That s what they did
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
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 it 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 a bar
He could ve been an accountant or a tennis star
He was wearing boxing gloves, he took a dive one day
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
His mama walks the floor, his dadddy weeps and moans
They gotta sleep together in a home they don t own
They took a clean-cut kid
And made a killer out of him
That s what they did
Everybody s asking why he didn t adjust
All he ever wanted was someone he could 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 him
That s what they did.
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 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
He went to church on Sunday, he 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 him
That s what they did
They said, Listen boy, you re just a pup
They sent 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 Congratulations you got what it takes .
They sent him back into the rat-race without any brakes
They took a clean-cut kid
And they made a killer out him
That s what they did
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
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 it 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 a bar
He could ve been an accountant or a tennis star
He was wearing boxing gloves, he took a dive one day
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
His mama walks the floor, his dadddy weeps and moans
They gotta sleep together in a home they don t own
They took a clean-cut kid
And made a killer out of him
That s what they did
Everybody s asking why he didn t adjust
All he ever wanted was someone he could 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 him
That s what they did.
