Bob Dylan - Clean Cut Kid lyrics
[Bob Dylan - Clean Cut Kid lyrics]
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
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
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
He was 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 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 got to sleep together in
A home they don’t own
He was a clean-cut kid
But 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
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That’s what they did
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
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
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
He was 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 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 got to sleep together in
A home they don’t own
He was a clean-cut kid
But 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
He was a clean-cut kid
But they made a killer out of him
That’s what they did