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


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


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But as she's getting ready to go,
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a knock comes on the door.


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Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Came down upon her head.
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Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Made sure that she was dead.


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Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again.
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Teacher gets annoyed.
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Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
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Sce, E, E, ene,


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


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But when she turns her back on the boy,
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He creeps up from behind.


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Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Came down upon her head.
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Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Made sure that she was dead.


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C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
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Maxwell stands alone
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Painting testimonial pictures.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.


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Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
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Say he must go free
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The judge does not agree and he tells them
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So, o, o, o.


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But as the words are leaving his lips,
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a noise comes from behind.


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Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Came down upon his head.
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Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
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Made sure that he was dead.
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