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John Wayne Gacy Jr by Sufjan Stevens

His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed

Folding John Wayne's t-shirts
When the swingset hit his head

The neighbors they (1)____________ him
For his humor and his conversation

Look underneath the house there
Find the few living things
Rotting fast, in their sleep
Oh, the dead
Twenty-seven people
Even more, they were boys
With their cars, summer jobs
Oh my God...

Are you one of them?

He (2)______________ up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red

And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed
He kissed (3)________ all
He'd kill ten (4)________________ people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, (5)______________ fast to the dead
He (6)________ off all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet kiss on the mouth...

And in my best behavior
I am really (7)________ like him

Look beneath the floor boards
For the (8)______________ I (9)________ hid

Answers:
(1) adored(2) dressed(3) them(4) thousand(5) running(6) took(7) just(8) secrets(9) have