Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene
So he waits behind
A noise comes from behind
Teacher gets annoyed
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Made sure that she was dead
But when she turns her back on the boy
Came down upon her head
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Painting testimonial pictures
But as the words are leaving his lips
Oh, oh oh oh
Calls her on the phone
Made sure that she was dead
P.C. Thirty One said, "We caught a dirty one"
Oh, oh oh oh
Late nights all alone with her test tube
But as she's getting ready to go
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Say he must go free
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
He creeps up from behind
Came down upon her head
A knock comes on the door
Came down upon his head
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Writing fifty times, "I must not be so”
"Can I take you out to the pictures Joan?"
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
The judge does not agree, and he tells them so
Maxwell stands alone
