| Everybody’s Asking Why He Couldn’t Adjust
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| Adjust To What, A Dream That Bust?
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| And They Made A Killer Out Of Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| They Said What’s Up Is Down, They Said What Isn’t Is
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| They Put Ideas In His Head That He Thought Were His
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| But They Made A Killer Out Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| He Was On The Baseball Team, He Was In The Marching Band
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| When He Was Ten Years Old He Had A Watermelon Stand
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| He Was A Clean-cut Kid
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| And They Made A Killer Out Of Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| He Went To Church On Sunday, He Was A Boy Scout
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| For His Friends He Would Turn His Pockets Inside Out
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| He Was A Clean-cut Kid
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| But They Made A Killer Out Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| They Said, «listen Boy, You’re Just A Pup»
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| They Sent To A Napalm Health Spa To Shape Up
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| They Gave Him Dope To Smoke, Drinks And Pills,
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| A Jeep To Drive, Blood To Spill
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| They Said «congratulations You Got What It Takes».
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| They Sent Him Back Into The Rat-race Without Any Brakes
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| And They Made A Killer Out Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| He Bought The American Dream But It Put Him In Debt
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| Only Game He Could Play Was Russian Roulette
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| He Drank Coca-cola, He Was Eating Wonder Bread
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| He Ate Burger Kings, He Was Well Fed
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| He Went To Hollywood To See Peter O’toole
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| He Stole A Rolls Royce And Drove It In A Swimming Pool
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| But They Made A Killer Out Of Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| He Could’ve Sold Insurance, Owned A Restaurant Or A Bar
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| He Could’ve Been An Accountant Or A Tennis Star
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| He Was Wearing Boxing Gloves, He Took A Dive One Day
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| Off The Golden Gate Bridge Into China Bay
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| His Mama Walks The Floor, His Dadddy Weeps And Moans
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| They Gotta Sleep Together In A Home They Don’t Own
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| And Made A Killer Out Of Him
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| That’s What They Did
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| Everybody’s Asking Why He Didn’t Adjust
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| All He Ever Wanted Was Someone He Could Trust
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| They Took His Head And Turned It Inside Out
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| He Never Did Know What It Was All About
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| He Had A Steady Job, He Joined The Choir
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| He Never Did Plan To Walk The High Wire
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| They Took A Clean-cut Kid
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| And They Made A Killer Out Him
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| That’s What They Did. |