
Joan was quizzical |
Studied pataphysical |
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 |
Jo, oa, oa, an?" |
But as she's getting ready to go |
A kno-ck 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 |
Bridge: |
Back in school again |
Maxwell plays the fool again |
Teacher gets annoyed |
Wishing to avoid |
An unpleasant sce-e-e-ene |
She tells Max to stay |
When the class has 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 |
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 |
Bridge: |
P. C. Thirty-one said |
"We caught a dirty one" |
Maxwell stands alone |
Painting testimonial pictures |
Oh, oh, oh, oh |
Rose and Valerie |
Screaming from the gallery |
Say he must go free |
The judge does not agree |
And he tells them so, o, o, o |
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 |
Solo: |
Silver Ham-mer |