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Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball,
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from Soho down to Brighton I must have played them all,
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but I ain't seen nothing like him in any amusement hall,
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that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
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He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine,
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feeling all the bumpers, always playing clean.
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Plays by intuition, the digit counters fall,
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that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
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He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist,
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a pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist.
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How do you think he does it ? I don't know.
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What makes him so good ?
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Ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzes or bells,
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don't see the lights a-flashing, plays by sense of smell,
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always gets a replay, never seen him fall,
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that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
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I thought I was the Bally table king,
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but I just handed my pinball crown to him.
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Even on my favourite table, he can beat my best,
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his disciples lean him in, and he just does the rest,
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got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall,
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that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
