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Clean-Cut Kid lyrics
Songwriters: Dylan, Bob;

Everybody s asking why he couldn t adjust
Adjust to what?
A dream that bust?

He was a clean-cut kid
And 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
That 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
And 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
Only game he could play was Russian roulette
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
He 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
He could ve been an accountant or a tennis star
He s 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 didn 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
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