Album: Tommy (Motion Picture)

Pinball Wizard

[THE PINBALL WIZARD]

Ever since I was a young boy,

I've played the silver ball.

From SoHo down to Brighton,

I must have played them all.

But I ain't seen nothin' like him

In any amusement hall.

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball.

He stands like a statue,

Becomes part of the machine.

Feelin' all the bumpers,

Always playin' clean.

He plays by intuition.

The digit counters fall.

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball.

He's a pinball wizard,

There has to be a twist.

A pinball wizard,

Got such a supple wrist!

[REPORTER]

How do you think he does it?

[PINBALL WIZARD]

I don't know!

[REPORTER]

What makes him so good?

[PINBALL WIZARD]

Well, he ain't got no distractions,

Can't hear no buzzers and bells.

Don't see lights a-flashing,

He plays by sense of smell.

Always has a replay,

Never tilts at all,

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball.

He can't beat me now,

I've always been the champ!

I know it's a trick!

No freak's gonna beat my hand!

He can beat my favorite table,

He can beat the best.

His disciples lead him in,

And he just does the rest.

He's got crazy flipper fingers,

I've never seen them fall.

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball.

He's a pinball wizard

There has to be a twist.

A pinball wizard,

Got such a supple wrist!

He's a pinball wizard

His score shoots even more!

A pinball wizard,

The world's new pinball lord!

He's scoring more!

He's scoring more!

I thought I was the Bally table king,

But I just handed my pinball crown to him.

To him! To him!