Lyrics:

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh 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
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 scene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

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 (do-do, do-do do)
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh 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, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do)
Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
(Do-do, do-do do)

Silver Hammer Max

 d48m02h1918 wrote: 
Heard this at lunch today in my burrito place and came back to look it up.  Today, RP says it's never been played.  Let me repeat: NEVER.  How come, Bill?

Like, come on, man, has there ever been another pop tune about a serial killer?  Especially one who whomps people on the head with a silver hammer?  Not just any old hammer; a SILVER hammer.

(Actually, silver is a very soft metal, and would therefore make a poor hammer, although probably still an effective and lethal bludgeon.)

I'm giving a a ten, because I like the artists.  ( ...and it has 48 scores, despite having NEVER been played on RP.)

Wow - not played in almost 7 years?

How come Bill? 

This song is hilarious!

Wow, this song should REALLY be played.