Bob Dylan - Clean-cut Kid Lyrics
Everybodys asking why he couldnt adjustAdjust to what, a dream that bust?They took a clean-cut kidAnd they made a killer out of himThats what they didThey said whats up is down, they said what isnt isThey put ideas in his head that he thought were hisThey took a clean-cut kidBut they made a killer out himThats what they didHe was on the baseball team, he was in the marching bandWhen he was ten years old he had a watermelon standHe was a clean-cut kidAnd they made a killer out of himThats what they didHe went to church on sunday, he was a boy scoutFor his friends he would turn his pockets inside outHe was a clean-cut kidBut they made a killer out himThats what they didThey said, listen boy, youre just a pupThey sent to a napalm health spa to shape upThey gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills,A jeep to drive, blood to spillThey said congratulations you got what it takes.They sent him back into the rat-race without any brakesThey took a clean-cut kidAnd they made a killer out himThats what they didHe bought the american dream but it put him in debtOnly game he could play was russian rouletteHe drank coca-cola, he was eating wonder breadHe ate burger kings, he was well fedHe went to hollywood to see peter otooleHe stole a rolls royce and drove it in a swimming poolThey took a clean-cut kidBut they made a killer out of himThats what they didHe couldve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or a barHe couldve been an accountant or a tennis starHe was wearing boxing gloves, he took a dive one dayOff the golden gate bridge into china bayHis mama walks the floor, his dadddy weeps and moansThey gotta sleep together in a home they dont ownThey took a clean-cut kidAnd made a killer out of himThats what they didEverybodys asking why he didnt adjustAll he ever wanted was someone he could trustThey took his head and turned it inside outHe never did know what it was all aboutHe had a steady job, he joined the choirHe never did plan to walk the high wireThey took a clean-cut kidAnd they made a killer out himThats what they did.
