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 pup"

They 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 takes"

They 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.