The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Anthology 3 / 1996-10-29 1. Let it Be 2. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 3. The Long And Winding Road 4. Get Back 5. Julia 6. Cry Baby Cry 7. Rocky Raccoon 8. Piggies 9. I Will 10. Dig A Pony 11. Junk 12. Good Night 13. Come Together 14. Sexy Sadie 15. Honey Pie 16. All Things Must Pass 17. Why Don't We Do It In The Road 18. Not Guilty 19. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 20. Mean Mr. Mustard 21. A Beginning 22. For You Blue 23. Helter Skelter 24. Polythene Pam 25. I'm so tired 26. The End 27. Ain't She Sweet 28. Octopus's Garden 29. Something 30. Two of Us 31. I Me Mine 32. Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias 33. Mother Nature's Son 34. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues 35. Because 36. I've Got A Feeling 37. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 38. Maxwell's Silver Hammer 39. Hey Jude 40. Blackbird 41. What's The New Mary Jane 42. Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle And Roll / Blue Suede Shoes 43. Don't Pass Me By 44. Teddy Boy 45. Happiness is a Warm Gun 46. Glass Onion

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Joan was quizzical; studied metaphysical
Science in the home.
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
Calls her on the phone.
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
Joa, oa, oa, oan?"

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
Sce, e, e, ene,

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

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. Thirty-one said, "We 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
(Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them
So, o, o, o.

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.

Whoa, oh, oh, oh.
Silver hammer man.