Pinball Wizard • Glenn Johnson + The Kootz 12.14.25 @ Great Notch Inn – Woodland Park, NJ

Glenn Johnson joins The Kootz to cover The Who's "Pinball Wizard," the 1969 hit tune from the English rock band's rock opera album Tommy.

Recorded live 12.14.25 at Great Notch Inn in Woodland Park, NJ.
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Lyrics:
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
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's 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 a replay
Never seen 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

Even on 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 seen him fall...

That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball