Maxwell's Silver Hammer
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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.
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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.
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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.
+ CHORUS
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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
+ CHORUS (...that he was dead...)
(The Beatles)