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
.
Copyright © 1985 Special Rider Music
First release: Empire Burlesque, 1985
