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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
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
Adjust to what, a dream that bust?
But they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
They put ideas in his head he thought were his
But they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand
But they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
For his friends he would turn his pockets inside out
But they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
A jeep to drive, blood to spill
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
But they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
The only game he could play was Russian roulette
Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed
He stole a Rolls Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
And they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
Could've been an accountant or a tennis star
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
They gotta sleep together in a home they don't own
And they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
He never did know what it was all about
He never did plan to walk the high wire
And they made a killer out of him,
That's what they did
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I think this song is about MK Ultra mind programming... ".... This is the Military/government program to create a mind control assassin
The lyrics speak for themselves...
"They took a clean cut Kid, but they made a killer out of him is what they did"...
Most likely, it is about the army taking "clean cut" kids and messing them up psychologically by making them into killers.
During the Vietnam War / My Lai Massacre, when Seymour Hersh was interviewing the mother of Paul Meadlo (one of the participants in the massacre), his mother said, “I sent them a good boy and they made him a murderer.”
The lyrics mention, "They sent him to a napalm health spa", or "A jeep to drive, blood to spill", and the grief of the parents: " His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans".
This is a song about "military" indoctrinated the country/ rural youth and made them a killer - with fortune and modern comforts ( BK, Coke etc) and follow the orders of "Masters of War".