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Joan was quiz-zi-cal, 

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stud-ied met-a-phys-i-cal 

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Sci-ence in the home 

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Late nights all a-lone 

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with a test-tube 

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Oh,oh,oh,oh 

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Max-well Ed-i-son 

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ma-jor-ing in med-i-cine 

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Calls her on the phone 

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"Can I take you out 

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to the pic-tures,Joa-oa-oa-oan?" 

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But as she's get-ting read-y to go 

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A knock comes on the door 

Chorus- 

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Bang, bang, Max-well's sil-ver ham-mer 

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Came down up-on her head 

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Bang, bang, Max-well's sil-ver ham-mer 

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Made sure that she was dead