JDoan was quizzical, stB7udied pataphysical
ScEmience in the home
LA7ate nights all alone with a test tube
DOh, oh, oh, Aoh
MDaxwell Edison, mB7ajoring in medicine
CEmalls her on the phone
"CA7an I take you out to the pictures, JDooa - oaAan?"
But E7as she's getting ready to go A7
knAock comes on the door
BDang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came dE7own upon her head.
ClA7ang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sEmure that shA7e was dDead.
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BDack in school again MB7axwell plays the fool again
TEmeacher gets annoyed
WA7ishing to avoid an unpleasant scDe-e-e-Aene
ShDe tells Max to stay whB7en the class has gone away
SEmo he waits behind
WrA7iting fifty times "I must not be sDo, o, o, Ao."
But whE7en she turns her back on the boy
He crA7eeps up from behind
BDang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came dE7own upon her head
ClA7ang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sEmure that shA7e was dDead
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DP. C. Thirty-one sB7aid, "We caught a dirty one."
MEmaxwell stands alone
PA7ainting testimonial pictures
DOh, oh, oh, Aoh
RDose and Valerie, scrB7eaming from the gallery
SEmay he must go free
The jA7udge does not agree and he tells them sDo, o, o, Ao
But E7as the words are leaving his lips A7
nAoise comes from behind
BDang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came dE7own upon his head.
ClA7ang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
MEmade sure that hA7e was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)
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