Joan was quizzical
Studied pathaphysical
Sc ience in the home
Late night all alone
With a test tube, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Maxwell Edison
Majoring in medecine
Calls her on the phone :
" Can I take you out to the pictures
Jo-o-o- an ?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A k nock comes on the door :
[Refrain :]
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
Wishing to avoid
An unpleasant se-e-e- en.
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 w hen she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind :
[Refrain]
P.C. thirty-one
Said "We got 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 j udge does not agree
And he tells them so-o-o- o
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind.
[Refrain]
Sil - ver ham - mer, ooh.