[Intro]

        
       


[Verse]

         
Ever since I w

              
as a young boy

         
 I've played t

              
he silver ball

       
. From Soho do

wn to 
             
Brighton, I mu

              
st have played

              
 them all. But

   
 I ain't seen 

nothin like hi

m in
             
any amusement 

           
hall, that dea

          
f dumb and bli

#      
nd kid sure pl

              
ays a mean pin

  
-ball!


[Instrumental]

      


[Verse]

         
He stands like

              
 a statue, bec

         
omes part of t

            
he machine. Fe


eling all the 

bumpers,
         
always playing

        
 clean. Plays 

              
by intuition, 

            
the digit coun

              
ters fall, tha

  
t deaf 
              
dumb and blind

            
 kid sure play

              
s a mean pin-b


all!


[Instrumental]

      


[Chorus]

           
He's a pin-bal

             
l wizard, ther

           
e has to be a 

           
twist. A pin-b

#            
all wizard's g

    
ot such 
          
a supple wrist

 


[Bridge]

          
How do you thi

           
nk he does it?

     
 (I don't know

         
) What makes h

    
im so    good?


[Verse]

         
Ain't got no d

              
istractions, c

         
an't hear no b

              
uzzes and bell

         
s. Don't see n

o lights a-
              
flashin', play

             
s by sense of 

         
smell. Always 

              
gets a replay,

      
 you never see

 him fall, 
        
that deaf dumb

       
 and blind kid

            
 sure plays a 

          
mean pin-ball!


[Instrumental]

      


[Chorus]

          
Thought I was 

           
the Bally tabl

            
e king but I j

           
ust handed my 


pinball crown 

to 

him.
 


[Instrumental]

      x4


[Verse]

         
Even on my fav

              
ourite table h

             
e can beat my 

              
best. His disc


iples lead him

 in 
             
and he just do

              
es the rest. H

         
e's got crazy 

             
flipper finger

   
s, never seen 

him fall, 
        
that deaf dumb

              
 and blind kid

             
 sure plays a 

         
mean pinball!


[Outro]