Bob Dylan Empire Burlesque Clean-Cut Kid Everybody's asking why he couldn't adjust Adjust to what, a dream that bust? They took 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 They took a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out 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 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 him That's what they did They said, 'Listen boy, you're just a pup' They sent 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 They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out 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 But they made a killer out of him That's what they did He could've sold insurance, owned a restaurant or a bar He could've been an accountant or a tennis star He was wearing boxing gloves, he took a dive one day Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay His mama walks the floor, his dadddy weeps and moans They gotta sleep together in a home they don't own They took a clean-cut kid And made a killer out of him That's what they did Everybody's asking why he didn't adjust All he ever wanted was someone he could 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 him That's what they did. |
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