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John Wayne Gacy Jr by Sufjan Stevens

His father was a drinker
And his mother (1)__________ in bed

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

The neighbors they adored him
For his (2)__________ and his conversation

Look underneath the house there
Find the few (3)____________ 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 (4)______________ up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red

And on his best behavior
In a (5)________ room on the bed
He kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took off all their (6)______________ for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet (7)________ on the mouth...

And in my best behavior
I am (8)____________ just (9)________ him

Look (10)______________ the floor boards
For the secrets I have hid

Answers:
(1) cried(2) humor(3) living(4) dressed(5) dark(6) clothes(7) kiss(8) really(9) like(10) beneath