Everybody's askin' 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's on the baseball team, he's in the marchin' 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 send him to a napalm health spa to shape up They gave him dope to smoke, drinks an' 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's eatin' Wonder Bread He ate Burger Kings, he was well fed. He went to Hollywood to see Peter O'Toole He stole a Rolls Royce an' drove it in a swimmin' pool He was 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 wearin' boxin' gloves, took a dive one day Off the Golden Gate bridge into China bay. His mamma walks the floor, his daddy weeps an' moans They gotta sleep together in a home they don't own They took a clean cut kid But they made a killer out of him that's what they did. Everybody's askin' why he didn't adjust All he ever wanted was somebody to trust. They took his head, they 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.