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 nothing 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 Feeling all the bumpers Always playing clean 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 How do you think he does it? I don't know What makes him so good? Ain't got no distractions Can't hear no buzzers and bells Don't see no lights a-flashin Plays by sense of smell Always gets the replay Never see him fall That deaf, dumb, and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball I thought I was The bally table king But I just handed My pinball crown to him He put up my favorite table He can beat my best His disciples lead him in And he just does the rest He's got crazy flipper fingers Never see him fall That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball
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 nothing 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 Feeling all the bumpers Always playing clean 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 How do you think he does it? I don't know What makes him so good? Ain't got no distractions Can't hear no buzzers and bells Don't see no lights a-flashin Plays by sense of smell Always gets the replay Never see him fall That deaf, dumb, and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball I thought I was The bally table king But I just handed My pinball crown to him He put up my favorite table He can beat my best His disciples lead him in And he just does the rest He's got crazy flipper fingers Never see him fall That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball
Foi lançada como single em 1969, atingindo a posição 4 nas paradas do Reino Unido e 19 no Billboard Hot 100 dos Estados Unidos.
O B‑side da gravação original foi um instrumental de Keith Moon, chamado “Dogs Part Two”, que não tem relação musical com o single “Dogs” de 1968.
A faixa faz parte do álbum operático “Tommy”, também de 1969, que consolidou o estilo de rock teatral do The Who.
A canção foi escrita pelo guitarrista e principal compositor da banda, Pete Townshend.
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