[Intro]

       
                 

      x4


[Verse 1]

         
Ever since I w

              
as a young boy

    
, I played the

 silver ball
         
From Soho down

              
 to Brighton, 

  
I must have pl

ayed 'em all
         
But I ain't se

              
en nothin' lik

          
e him, in any 

amusement hall
        
That deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

    
d, sure plays 

a mean pinball


[Instrumental/Chorus]

* *  *  *          x2


[Verse 2]

         
He stands like

              
 a statue, bec

     
omes part of t

he machine
         
Feeling all th

           
e bumpers, alw

ays playing cl

ean
         
He plays by in

             
tuition, the d

igit counters 

fall
        
That deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

    
d, sure plays 

a mean pinball


[Instrumental/Chorus]

* *  *  *          x2


[Bridge]

          
He's a pinball

 
 wizard
            
There has to b

#*  
e a twist
      
A pinball wiza

rd
            
He's got such 

           
a supple wrist

          
How do you thi

    
nk he does it?

 (I don't know

)
         
What makes him

  
 so good?


[Verse 3]

         
Ain't got no d

              
istractions, c

     
an't hear no b

uzzers and bel

ls
         
Don't see no l

              
ights a-flashi

       
n', he plays b

y sense of sme

ll
         
Always gets th

          
e replay, neve

r seen him fal

l
        
That deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

    
d, sure plays 

a mean pinball


[Instrumental/Chorus]

* *  *  *          x2


[Bridge]

          
I thought I wa


s
          
The Bally tabl

  
e king
       
But I just han

ded
            
My pinball cro

        
wn to him


[Interlude]

      x4


[Verse 4]

         
Even on my fav

              
ourite table, 


he can beat my

 best
         
His disciples 

              
lead him in, a

   
nd he just doe

s the rest
         
He's got crazy

             
 flipper finge

    
rs, never seen

 him fall
         
That deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

    
d, sure plays 

a mean pinball



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