Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)

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	Joan was quizzical,	studied pataphysical	science in the home,

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	late night all alone with a test tube,	oh, oh, oh,	oh.

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	Maxwell Edison,	majoring in medicine,	calls her on the phone.

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	Can I take you out to the pictures,	Jo-o-o-o	an?

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But,	as she's getting ready to go, a	knock comes from the door:

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	Back in school again,	Maxwell plays the fool again,	teacher gets annoyed.

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	Wishing to avoid an unpleasant	sce-e-e-	ene.

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	She tells Max to stay	when the class has gone away,	so he waits behind.

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	Writing fifty times "I must not be	so-o-o-	o.

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But,	when she turns her back on the boy, he	creeps up from behind:

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	P.C. thirtyone	said "We've caught a dirty one.",	Maxwell stands alone.

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	Painting testimonial pictures,	oh - oh, oh -	oh.

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	Rose and Valerie,	screaming from the gallery,	say he must go free.

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The	judge does not agree And he tells them	so-o-o-	o.

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But,	as the words are leaving his lips, a	noise came from behind: