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Maxwell's Silver Hammer Lyrics

Artist: The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road

Joan was quizzical, studied metaphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube
Ohh-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
Bang, bang, 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 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
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
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

B.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-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-oo
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Bang, Bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead

Comments/Interpretations

by katie on 5/27/2008 7:03pm
wow ... didn't realise this song was about Maxwell killin somebody!! lol

by CHASE on 6/2/2008 9:31am
holy crap thats messed!

by Kalila White on 6/16/2008 9:53pm
This song is about how everything is going perfect and then it falls all apart just at the good part. BANG BANG!
I luff the song^^ I'm twisted

by ~pEnNy on 6/26/2008 7:48am
Hehehehhe!! I love this song and the character of Max in across the universe he's soooo hott

by Katsumi a.ka. Kat or Mimi on 7/18/2008 11:56pm
I love this song (Pfft! Are you kidding? I love all the Beatles songs!)! I get it stuck in my head all the time! The Beatles' music shall never die!

by Kauthon on 10/6/2008 4:07pm
Love this song

by Orlando on 10/12/2008 2:17pm
I am maxwell for holloween!

by A_Mystery on 12/9/2008 1:41pm
I SCREAMED THIS IN MY TEACHER'S FACE

by NJG on 12/14/2008 5:35pm
QUAWKAMAUXLEIY.

by julia 007 on 1/6/2009 10:55pm
i never realised what the son was about!!!!!! creepy

by Amy on 1/15/2009 5:26pm
Genius! Love it!

by Anthony on 2/16/2010 10:58pm
And as you're reading this message, a noise comes form behind...

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his/her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he/she was dead

by Juan Carlos on 9/14/2010 4:52pm
It is not metaphysical
It is pataphysical

by Denis L Cork on 11/5/2010 2:43pm
Yeh, its great.. what song writing. McCartney is alway's inspiring.

by Jimmy Rimmer on 11/21/2010 7:44pm
It's not B.C Thirty one, it's PC thirty one, referring to police constable(PC) 31

by jen on 3/20/2011 4:46pm
Maxwell was the agent who made the 3 remaining Beatles keep quite about Pauls death in '66 by threatening death.

by Maxuell on 6/26/2011 1:19pm
M�sica mt massa !!

by laorie mentse on 2/16/2012 7:09pm
its not
bang bang maxwell's silver hammer made sure that s/he was dead...
its
CLANG CLANG maxwell's silver hammer made sure that s/he was dead

by Jack o Been on 5/13/2012 11:09am
It's all about banging.

by Trickbite1 on 6/7/2013 7:35pm
All these years i never knew the song was about murder, Paul Mccartey is a increadable musical genius...