Clean Cut Kid - Empire Burlesque Alternate Take

Well, everybody is asking why he couldn't adjust

Adjust to what, a dream that bust?

He was a clean-cut kid, ooh

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

They took a clean-cut kid, ooh

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

They took a clean-cut kid, ooh

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, ooh

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, ooh

But they made a killer out of him

That's what they did

He bought the American dream, but it was all wet

The 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

(He was) a clean-cut kid, ooh

And they made a killer out of him

That's what they did

He could've sold insurance, owned a bakery or bar

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 weeps and cries, his daddy cries and moans

They sleep together in a home they don't own

They took a clean-cut kid, ooh

And they made a killer out of him

That's what they did

Well, they're asking me now why he couldn't adjust

All he ever wanted was somebody to trust

They said what's up is down, what isn't is

They put ideas in his head he thought were his

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, ooh

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

They took a clean-cut kid, ooh

And they made a killer out of him

That's what they did