Joan was quizzical
studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone
with a test-tube
ohh oh oh oh
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
Can I take you out to the pictures Joan
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
Bang bang 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
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
Do do do do do
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
P.C. Thirty-One said
"We caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures
ohh oh oh oh
Rose and Valerie screaming
from the gallery
Say he must go free
(Maxwell 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
Do do do do do
Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
Wow wow wow oh!
Do do do do do
Silver hammer Max