They took a clean-cut kid
His mama walks the floor
When he was ten years old
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
And drove it in a swimming pool
A jeep to drive, blood to spill
That he thought were his
He stole a Rolls Royce
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
They said what isn't is
He could've sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
And they made a killer out of him
And they made a killer out of him
His daddy weeps and moans
That's what they did
They took a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
Into the rat race without any brakes
He was a clean-cut kid
In a home they don't own
But they made a killer out of him
And they made a killer out of him
They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills
He ate Burger Kings, he was well fed
And they made a killer out of him
They said, "Listen boy, you're just a pup"
They took his head and turned it inside out
They said what's up is down
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
That's what they did
He could've been an accountant or a tennis star
He was a clean-cut kid
They put ideas in his head
A dream that bust?
He was on the baseball team
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
And they made a killer out of him
To see Peter O'Toole
That's what they did
He was a clean-cut kid
That's what they did
He joined the choir
Only game he could play was Russian roulette
He never did plan to walk the high wire
He had a watermelon stand
They said "Congratulations
He went to Hollywood
Well, everybody's asking why he didn't adjust
He was a clean-cut kid
They sent him back
They took a clean-cut kid
They gotta sleep together
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
That's what they did
You got what it takes"
He's wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
That's what they did
He was in the marching band
He had a steady job
He never did know what it was all about
