Featuring: London Symphony Orchestra
Songwriter: Pete Townshend
Ever since I was a young boy
I played the silver ball;
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played 'em all
But I ain't seen nothin' like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb an' blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feelin' all the bumpers
Always playin' clean
Plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb an' 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
How do you think he does it?
What makes him so good?
Ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzes and bells
Don't see lights aflashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay
Never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb an' blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
Even my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper' fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
I played the silver ball;
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played 'em all
But I ain't seen nothin' like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb an' blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feelin' all the bumpers
Always playin' clean
Plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb an' 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
How do you think he does it?
What makes him so good?
Ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzes and bells
Don't see lights aflashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay
Never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb an' blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
Even my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper' fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
more tracks from the album
Rarities
- So Tired (Early Version)
- Seems Like a Long Time (Alternate Version)
- It’s All Over Now (Single Version)
- I’d Rather Go Blind (Alternate Version)
- Missed You
- Everytime We Say Goodbye (Summer 1973 Sessions)
- Farewell (Early Version)
- Maggie May (BBC Radio 1 Performance)
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man (Alternate version)
- Girl from the North Country (Alternate version)
- Angel (Alternate Version)
- You Wear It Well (Early Version)
- Oh! No Not My Baby
- Jodie
- So Tired
- What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
- Italian Girls (Early Version)
- Country Comforts (BBC Radio 1 Performance)
- You Put Something Better Inside of Me
- Maggie May (Early Version)
- Crying Laughing Loving Lying
- Pinball Wizard (From ’Tommy’)
- Lost Paraguayos (Alternate Version)
From the album
- Rarities (2013)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You