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-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    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 and unpleasant scene-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    Bang, bang Maxwell's silver hammer    made sure that she was dead       P.C. thirty one 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    Bang, bang Maxwell's silver hammer    made sure that he was dead    Silver hammer man