[Verse 1]
             
Joan was quizz

      
ical; studied 

pataphysical

Science in the

 home

Late nights al

l alone with a

 test tube
            
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
             
Maxwell Edison

  
, majoring in 

medicine

Calls her on t

he phone
            
"Can I take yo

              
u out to the p

             
ictures, Jo, o

       
a, oa, an?"

 [Bridge]
    
But as she's g

etting ready t

o go
  
A knock comes 

on the door

[Chorus]

Bang! Bang! Ma

xwell's silver

 hammer
     
Came down upon

 her head.

Clang! Clang! 

Maxwell's silv

er hammer
            
Made sure that

       
 she was dead.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
             
Back in school

       
 again Maxwell

 plays the foo

l again

Teacher gets a

nnoyed
            
Wishing to avo

              
id an unpleasa

          
nt sce-e-e-ene

[Verse 4]
             
She tells Max 

            
to stay when t

   
he class has g

one away

So he waits be

hind
            
Writing fifty 

              
times "I must 

             
not be so, o, 

   
o, o."

[Bridge]
    
But when she t

urns her back 

on the boy
   
He creeps up f

rom behind

[Chorus]

Bang! Bang! Ma

xwell's silver

 hammer
     
Came down upon

 her head

Clang! Clang! 

Maxwell's silv

er hammer
            
Made sure that

       
 she was dead

[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
             
P. C. Thirty-o

   
ne said, "We c

aught a dirty 

one."

Maxwell stands

 alone

Painting testi

monial picture

s
            
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 6]
             
Rose and Valer

    
ie, screaming 

from the galle

ry

Say he must go

 free
            
The judge does

              
 not agree and

              
 he tells them

          
 so, o, o, o

[Bridge]
    
But as the wor

ds are leaving

 his lips
  
A noise comes 

from behind

[Chorus]

Bang! Bang! Ma

xwell's silver

 hammer
     
Came down upon

 his head.

Clang! Clang! 

Maxwell's silv

er hammer
            
Made sure that

  
 he was dead (

Wha-oh-a-oh-a-

oh)

[Solo]
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[Coda]
     
Silver   Ham-m

       
er  Man