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 Jo-o-o-oan
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 wanting
To avoid an
Unpleasant
Sce-e-e-ne
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
Whoah-whoah
Whoah-whoah
P C 31 said
''We've 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
Whoah-whoah
Whoah-whoah
Silver Hammer