Maxwell's silver hammer
1. Joan was quizzical,
studied pataphysical science in the home,
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late nights all alone with her a test tube,
oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine calls
her on the phone,
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"Can I take you out to the pictures
Jo-o-o-oan?"
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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.
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Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver
hammer made sure that she was dead.
2. Back in school again
Maxwell plays the fool again, teacher gets annoyed,
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wishing to avoid and unpleasant
scene-e-e-ene.
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She tells Max to stay when the class has gone
away, so he waits behind,
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writing fifty times "I must not be
so-o-o-o.
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But when she turns her back on the boy, he
creeps up from behind.
3. P.C. Thirty-one said
"we've caught a dirty one", Maxwell stands alone,
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painting testimonial pictures, oh, oh, oh,
oh.
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Rose and Valerie screaming from the
gallery, say he must go free,
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the judge does not agree, and he tells them
so-o-o-o.
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But, as the words are leaving his lips, a
noise comes form behind