Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead

Remember that Beatles' song? I used to love it as a child and sing along with it. How macabre, right? But there's something alluring about the song, and it does have a catchy beat. No, I do not need to be monitored. All is OK with Keri.

Here are some interesting facts about the song:

• Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by The Beatles, from the Abbey Road album, with Paul McCartney singing lead. It was written by McCartney, though the songwriting credit is Lennon-McCartney

• The vaudevillian-style song is about medical student Maxwell Edison, who uses his silver hammer to murder his girlfriend Joan, then his teacher, and finally the judge during his murder trial

• Despite the grim subject matter, the song is bouncy and upbeat. Although thought by many fans to be a thinly-veiled allegory on the Charles Manson murders, this is impossible because the Tate-La Bianca murders occurred on August 8th and 9th 1969, after the song was recorded. McCartney said in 1994 that it merely epitomizes the downfalls of life
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell

Full Lyrics:

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical

Science in the home

Late nights all alone with her a test tube
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine

Calls her on the phone

"Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-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

Clang! Clang! 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 and unpleasant scene-e-e-ene

She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away

So he waits behind

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

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

Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

made sure that she was dead

P.C. thirty one said "we've caught a dirty one"

Maxwell stands alone

Painting testimonial pictures, oh, oh, oh, oh

Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery

Say he must go free

The judge does not agree, and he tells them so-o-o-o

But, as the words are leaving his lips

A noise comes form behind

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

came down upon her head

Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

made sure that he was dead

Silver hammer man