Clean - Cut Kid Lyrics - Empire Burlesque - 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 

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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 

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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