| Lyrics: | by Bob Dylan
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 |
