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Joan was quizzical, Studied pataphysical science in the home. Late nights all alone with a testtube, Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Maxwell Edison, Majoring in medicine, Calls her on the phone: "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

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. 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 scene.

She tells Max to stay When the class has gone away. So he waits behind Writing fifty times "I must not be so."

But when she turns her back on the boy, He creeps up from behind. Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head. Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead.

P. C. Thirtyone said, "We've caught 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 judge does not agree And he tells them so.

But as the words are leaving his lips, A noise comes from behind. Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head. Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that he was dead.

Silver hammer.

"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
Song by the Beatles from the album Abbey Road
Released 26 September 1969
Recorded 9-11 July, 6 August 1969
Genre Pop
Length 3:27
Label Apple Records
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Abbey Road track listing
17 tracks
Side one
  1. "Come Together"
  2. "Something"
  3. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
  4. "Oh! Darling"
  5. "Octopus's Garden"
  6. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Side two
  1. "Here Comes the Sun"
  2. "Because"
  3. "You Never Give Me Your Money"
  4. "Sun King"
  5. "Mean Mr. Mustard"
  6. "Polythene Pam"
  7. "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
  8. "Golden Slumbers"
  9. "Carry That Weight"
  10. "The End"
  11. "Her Majesty"

"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the Beatles, sung by Paul McCartney on their album Abbey Road. It was written by McCartney, though credited to Lennon-McCartney. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a pop song with dark, eccentric lyrics about a man named Maxwell who commits murder with a hammer.

©1969 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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