Everybody's asking why he couldn't adjust   Adjust to what?   A dream that bust?      He was 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      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   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 "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   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   And 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's 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 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