Everybody wants to know why he couldn't adjust

Adjust to what, a 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 down, they 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 team, he 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 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 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 Congratulations, you 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-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread,

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

And they made a killer out of him,

That's what they did

He could've sold insurance, owned a restaurant or
bar

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

Well, everybody'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 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