Maxwell's Silver Hammer

                                  Joan was quizzical Studied Metaphysical

Science in the home (That's Me! )

Late nights all alone with a test tube

Oh, oh, ho, ho



Maxwell Edison, majorin' in medicine, 

Calls her on the phone

"Can I take you out to the pictures, 

Joa, oa, oa, oan?"



But as she's gettin' ready to go, 

A knock comes on the door.



Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came down on her head.

Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made sure that she was dead



(Silver hammer, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)



Back in school again, Maxwell plays a fool again, 

Teacher gets annoyed, Hmm! 

So as to avoid an unpleasant

Sce, e, e, ene, 



She tells Max to stay when the kids are gone away, 

So he waits behind

Writing fifty times "I must not be

So, o, o, o..."



But when she turns her back on the boy, 

A noise comes from behind.

 

Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came down on her head.

Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made sure that she was dead



(Silver hammer, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)



P.C. Thirty one said she caught a dirty one

Maxwell stands alone

Painting testimonial pictures

Oh, oh, ho, ho



Rose and Valerie, screamin' from the gallery

Say he must go free

(Maxwell must go free)

Judge does not agree and he tells them

So, o, o, o.



But as the words are leavin' his lips, 

A noise comes from behind



Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came down on his head.

Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made sure that he was dead, wo, wo, wo



Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came down on his head.

Bang Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made sure that he was dead



(Silver hammer, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)