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