Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Joan was quizzical
Studied metaphysical
Science in the home, late nights all alone
With a test tube, oh-oh-oh-oh
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
Can I take you out to the pictures
Joan oh-oh-oh
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
Back in school again
Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene-e-e-e
She tells Max to stay
When the class has gone away
So, he waits behind, writing 50 times
“I must not be so, oh-oh-oh”
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
P.C.31 said we’ve caught a dirty one
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures, oh-oh-oh-oh
Rose and Vallerie, screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free
The judge does not agree
And he tells them so, oh-oh-oh
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead