[Verse 1]
Max was cynical, studying the physical
Science of his bones
Late nights all alone with a test tube
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Joan was eating thin, dosing up her medicine
Called by Maxwell’s phone
“Can I take you out to the pictures
Jo-o-o-oan?”

[Pre-Chorus]
But as she’s getting ready to go
A voice comes from the stairs

[Chorus]
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Made sure that she was dead

[Verse 2]
Back at school again, Maxwell meets the fool again
So he gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unplеasant
Sce-e-e-еne
He tells her to stay when the class has gone away
So she waits behind
Claiming, “fifty times I’ve tried not being
So-o-o-o
[Pre-Chorus]
But as she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up on behind

[Chorus]
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Came down upon her head (Do-do do-do do)
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Made sure that she was dead

[Post-Chorus]
(Do-do do-do do)

[Verse 3]
In Room 20 now, Maxwell’s secrets spilled aloud
“She tried getting off”
Painting Hofland’s beautiful picture
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Mak and Jennifer, screaming for Robin to hear
“Maxwell must go free!!” (“Please, she must go free!!”)
The judge does not agree, and she tells them
So-o-o-o

[Pre-Chorus]
But as the words are leaving her lips
A noise comes from behind
[Chorus]
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Came down on Robin’s head (Do-do do-do do)
Clang, clang, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Made sure that she was dead

[Post-Chorus]
(Do-do do-do do)

[Outro]
Serial woman