[ti:maxwell's silver hammer] [ar:beatles ] [by:] [offset:500] [00:00.00]Joan was quizzical, studied metaphysical [00:03.00]Science in the home [00:07.00]Late nights all alone with a test-tube [00:11.00]Ohh-oh-oh-oh... [00:14.00]Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine [00:18.00]Calls her on the phone [00:22.00]"Can I take you out to the pictures [00:25.00]Joa-oa-oa-oan?" [00:29.00]But as she's getting ready to go [00:33.00]A knock comes on the door... [00:36.00]Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer [00:39.00]Came down upon her head [00:43.00]Clang, Clang, Maxwell's silver hammer [00:47.00]Made sure that she was dead [00:58.00]Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again [01:02.00]Teacher gets annoyed [01:06.00]Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene [01:13.00]She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away [01:16.00]So he waits behind [01:20.00]Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..." [01:28.00]But when she turns her back on the boy [01:31.00]He creeps up from behind [01:34.00]Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer [01:38.00]Came down upon her head [01:42.00]Clang, Clang, Maxwell's silver hammer [01:45.00]Made sure that she was dead [02:11.00]P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one" [02:15.00]Maxwell stands alone [02:19.00]Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh [02:26.00]Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery [02:30.00]Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) [02:33.00]The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo [02:40.00]But as the words are leaving his lips [02:44.00]A noise comes from behind [02:48.00]Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer [02:51.00]Came down upon his head [02:55.00]Clang, Clang, Maxwell's silver hammer [02:58.00]Made sure that he was dead