Tommy

Captain Walker

Didn't come home

His unborn child,

Will never know him

Believe him missing

With a number of men

Don't expect

To see him again.

Nurse:



It's a boy Mrs. Walker it's a boy.

It's a boy Mrs. Walker it's a boy.



Chorus:



A son! A son! A son!

Lover:



I've got a feeling twenty one

Is going to be a good year.

Especially if you and me

See it in together.



Father:



So you think 21 is going to be a good year.

It could be for me and her,

But you and her-no never!

I had no reason to be over optimistic,

But somehow when you smiled

I could brave bad weather



Mother:



What about the boy?

What about the boy?

What about the boy?

He saw it all!



Mother and Father:



You didn't hear it

You didn't see it.

You won't say nothing to no one

ever in your life.

You never heard it

Oh how absurd it

All seems without any proof.

You didn't hear it

You didn't see it

You never heard it not a word of it.

You won't say nothing to no one

Never tell a soul

What you know is the Truth.



Amazing Journey



Deaf Dumb and blind boy

He's in a quiet vibration land

Strange as it seems his musical dreams

Ain't quite so bad.



Ten years old

With thoughts as bold as thought can be

Loving life and becoming wise

In simplicity.



Sickness will surely take the mind

Where minds can't usually go.

Come on the amazing journey

And learn all you should know.



A vague haze of delerium

creeps up on me.

All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see.

He's dressed in a silver sparked

Glittering gown

And His golden beard flows

Nearly down to the ground.



Nothing to say and nothing to hear

And nothing to see.

Each sensation makes a note in my symphony.



Sickness will surely take the mind

Where minds can't usually go.

Come on the amazing journey

And learn all you should know.



His eyes are the eyes that

Transmit all they know.

Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show

That he is your leader

And he is your guide

On the amazing journey together you'll ride.

The Hawker:



You talk about your woman

I wish you could see mine,

You talk about your woman

I wish you could see mine,

Every time she starts to lovin'

She brings eyesight to the blind.



You know her daddy gave her magic

I can tell by the way she walks.

You know her daddy gave her magic

I can tell by the way she walks.

Everytime we start shakin'

The dumb begin to talk.



She's got the power to heal you never fear

She's got the power to heal you never fear

Just a word from her lips

And the deaf begin to hear.

Father:



Did you ever see the faces of children

They get so excited.

Waking up on christmas morning

Hours before the winter sun's ignited.

They believe in dreams and all they mean

Including heavens generosity.

Peeping round the door

To see what parcels are for free

In curiosity.



And Tommy doesn't know what day it is.

Doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is.

How can he be saved?

From the eternal grave.



Surrounded by his friends he sits so silently,

And unaware of everything.

Playing poxy pin ball

Picks his nose and smiles and

Pokes his tongue at everything.

I believe in love

But how can men who've never seen

Light be enlightened.

Only if he's cured

Will his spirits future level ever heighten.



And Tommy doesn't know what day it is.

Doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is.

How can he be saved?

From the eternal grave.

Tommy can you hear me?

Tommy can you hear me?

Tommy can you hear me?

How can he be saved?



Tommy:



See me, feel me

Touch me, heal me.

See me, feel me

Touch me, heal me!



Tommy can you hear me?

Tommy can you hear me?

Tommy can you hear me?

How can he be saved?

Cousin Kevin:



Were on our own cousin,

all alone cousin.

Let's think of a game to play

Now the grownups have all gone away.

You won't be much fun

being blind deaf and dumb

But I've no one to play with today.

D'you know how to play hide and seek?

To find me it would take you a week,

But tied to that chair you won't go anywhere

There's a lot I can do to a freak.

How would you feel if I turned on the bath,

Ducked your head under and started to laugh.

What would you do if I shut you outside,

To stand in the rain

and catch cold so you died?



I'm the school bully !

The classroom cheat.

The nastiest playfriend,

You ever could meet.

I'll stick pins in your fingers

And tread on your feet...



Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm

Would change your expression to one of alarm,

I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair

Or give you a push at the top of the stairs...



I'm the school bully !

The classroom cheat.

The nastiest playfriend,

You ever could meet.

I'll put glass in your dinner

And spikes in your seat...

Gypsy:



If your child ain't all he should be now

This girl will put him right.

I'll show him what he could be now

Just give me one night.

I'm the Gypsy - the acid Queen.

Pay before we start.

I'm the Gypsy - The acid queen.

I'll tear your soul apart.



Give us a room and close the door

Leave us for a while.

Your boy won't be a boy no more

Young, but not a child.

I'm the Gypsy - the acid queen.

Pay before we start.

I'm the Gypsy the acid queen.

I'll tear your soul apart.



Gather your wits and hold on fast,

Your mind must learn to roam.

Just as the Gypsy Queen must do

You're gonna hit the road.



My work is done now look at him

He's never been more alive.

His head it shakes his fingers clutch.

Watch his body writhe

I'm the Gypsy - the acid queen.

Pay before we start.

I'm the Gypsy - I'm guaranteed.

To break your little heart.

Mother:



Do you think it's alright,

To leave the boy with Uncle Ernie?

Do you think it's alright;

He's had a few too many tonight!

D'you think it's alright?



Father:



I think it's alright, yes I think it's alright.

Uncle Ernie:



I'm your wicked Uncle Ernie

I'm glad you won't see or hear me

As I fiddle about

Fiddle about

Fiddle about !



Your mother left me here to mind you

Now I'm doing what I want to

Fiddling about

Fiddling about

Fiddle about!



Down with the bedclothes

Up with the nightshirt!

Fiddle about

Fiddle about

Fiddle about !



You won't shout as I fiddle about

Fiddle about

Fiddle about

Fiddle about !

Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle.

Local Lad:



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 pin ball !



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 pin ball !



He's a pin ball wizard

There has got to be a twist.

A pin ball wizard,

S'got such a supple wrist.



'How do you think he does it? I don't know!

What makes him so good?'



He ain't got no distractions

Can't hear those buzzers and bells,

Don't see lights a flashin'

Plays by sense of smell.

Always has a replay,

'n' never tilts at all...

That deaf dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pin ball.



I thought I was

The Bally table king.

But I just handed

My pin ball crown to him.



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 kind

Sure plays a mean pin ball.!!!!!

Father:



There's a doctor I've found

Could bring us all joy!

There's a doctor I've found could cure the boy!

There's a doctor I've found could cure the boy!



There's a man I've found could remove his sorrow,

He lives in this town let's see him tomorrow,

He lives in this town let's see him tomorrow!

Doctor:



He seems to be completely unreceptive.

The tests I gave him show no sense at all.

His eyes react to light the dials detect it.

He hears but cannot answer to your call.



Tommy:



See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.



Doctor:



There is no chance no untried operation.

All hope lies with him and none with me.

Imagine though the shock from isolation.

When he suddenly can hear and speak and see.



Tommy:



See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.



Doctor:



His eyes can hear

his ears can see his lips speak

All the time the needles flick and rock.

No machine can give the kind of stimulation,

Needed to remove his inner block.



Go to the mirror boy!

Go to the mirror boy!



Father:



I often wonder what he's feeling.

Has he ever heard a word I've said?

Look at him now in the mirror dreaming

What is happening in his head?



Tommy:



Listening to you I get the music.

Gazing at you I get the heat

Following you I climb the mountain

I get excitement at your feet!



Right behind you I see the millions

On you I see the glory.

>From you I get the opinions

>From you I get the story.



Father:



What is happening in his head

Ooooh I wish I knew, I wish I knew.

Tommy can you hear me?

Can you feel me near you?



Mother:



Tommy can you feel me?

Can I help to cheer you.

Mother:



You don't answer my call

With even a nod or a twitch

But you gaze at your own reflection!

You don't seem to see me

But I think you can see yourself.

How can the mirror affect you?



Can you hear me

Or do I surmise?

That you fear me can you feel my temper

RISE.



Do you hear or fear or

Do I smash the mirror.

Do you hear of fear or

Do I smash the mirror? SMASH!

Tommy:



I overwhelm as I approach you

Make your lungs hold breath inside!

Lovers break caresses for me

Love enhanced when I've gone by.



You'll feel me coming,

A new vibration

>From afar you'll see me

I'm a sensation.



They worship me and all I touch

Hazy eyed they catch my glance,

Pleasant shudders shake their senses

My warm momentum throws their stance.



You'll feel me coming

A new vibration

>From afar you'll see me

I'm a sensation.



I leave a trail of rooted people

Mesmerised by just the sight,

The few I touch are now disciples

Love as One I Am the Light...



Soon you'll see me can't you feel me

I'm coming...

Send your troubles dancing he knows the answer

I'm coming...

I'm a sensation.

Newsboy:



Extra! Extra!

Read all about it.

Pin Ball Wizard in a miracle cure!

Extra Extra read all about it

EXTRA!

Outside the house Mr. Simpson announced

that Sally couldn't go to the meeting.

He went on cleaning his blue Rolls Royce

and she ran inside weeping.

She got to her room and tears splashed the picture

of the new Messiah.

She picked up a book of her fathers life

and threw it on the fire!



She knew from the start

Deep down in her heart

That she and Tommy were worlds apart,

But her Mother said never mind your part...

Is to be what you'll be.



The theme of the sermon was come unto me,

Love will find a way,

So Sally decided to ignore her dad,

and sneak out anyway!

She spent all afternoon getting ready,

and decided she'd try to touch him,

Maybe he'd see that she was free

and talk to her this Sunday.



She knew from the start

Deep down in her heart

That she and Tommy were worlds apart,

But her Mother said never mind your part...

Is to be what you'll be.



She arrived at six and the place was swinging

to gospel music by nine.

Group after group appeared on the stage

and Sally just sat there crying.

She bit her nails looking pretty as a picture

right in the very front row

And then a DJ wearing a blazer with a badge

ran on and said 'here we go!'



The crowd went crazy

As Tommy hit the stage!

Little Sally got lost as the police bossed

The crowd back in a rage!



But soon the atmosphere was cooler

as Tommy gave a lesson.

Sally just had to let him know she loved him

and leapt up on the rostrum!

She ran cross stage to the spotlit figure

and touched him on the face

Tommy whirled around as a uniformed man,

threw her of the stage.



She knew from the start

Deep down in her heart

That she and Tommy were worlds apart,

But her Mother said never mind your part...

Is to be what you'll be.

Her cheek hit a chair and blood trickled down,

mingling with her tears,

Tommy carried on preaching

and his voice filled Sally's ear

She caught his eye she had to try

but couldn't see through the lights

Her face was gashed and the ambulance men

had to carry her out that night.



The crowd went crazy

As Tommy left the stage!

Little Sally was lost for the price of a touch

And a gash across her face! OOoooh.



Sixteen stitches put her right and her Dad said

'don't say I didn't warn yer'.

Sally got married to a rock musician

she met in California

Tommy always talks about the day

the disciples all went wild!

Sally still carries a scar on her cheek

to remind her of his smile.



She knew from the start

Deep down in her heart

That she and Tommy were worlds apart,

But her Mother said never mind your part...

Is to be what you'll be.

Tommy:



I'M FREE-I'm free,

And freedom tastes of reality,

I'm free-I'm free,

AN' I'm waiting for you to follow me.



If I told you what it takes

to reach the highest high,

You'd laugh and say 'nothing's that simple'

But you've been told many times before

Messiahs pointed to the door

And no one had the guts to leave the temple!



I'm free-I'm free

And freedom tastes of reality

I'm free-I'm free

And I'm waiting for you to follow me.



Chorus:



How can we follow?

How can we follow?

Tommy:



Come to my house

Be one of the comfortable people.

Come to this house

We're drinking all night

Never sleeping.



Milkman come in!

And you baker,

Little old lady welcome

And you shoe maker



Come to this house!

Into this house.



Come to this house

Be one of us.

Make this your house

Be one of us.



You can help

To collect some more in

Young and old people

Lets get them all in!



Come to this house!

Into this house.



Ask along that man who's wearing a carnation.

Bring every single person

from Victoria Station,

Go into that hospital

and bring nurses and patients,

Everybody go home and fetch their relations!



Come to this house

Be one of the comfortable people.

Lovely bright home

Drinking all night never sleeping.



We need more room

Build an extension

A colourful palace

Spare no expense now



Come to this house

Be one of us

Come into this house

Be one of us



Come to this house

Into this house



Welcome

Uncle Ernie:

Good morning Campers!



I'm your Uncle Ernie

And I'll welcome you to Tommy's Holiday Camp

The camp with the difference

Nevermind the weather

When you come to Tommy's

The holiday's forever

Tommy: Welcome to the Camp, 

I guess you all know why we're here.

My name is Tommy

And I became aware this year



If you want to follow me, 

You've got to play pinball.

And put in your earplugs

Put on your eyeshades

You know where to put the caulk



Hey you getting drunk, so sorry!

I've got you sussed.

Hey you smoking Mother Nature!

This is a bust!

Hey hung up old Mr. Normal,

Don't try to gain my trust!

'Cause you ain't gonna follow me any of those ways

Although you think you must



Guests:

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it



We're not gonna take it

Never did and never will

We're not gonna take it

Gonna break it, gonna shake it,

let's forget it better still



Tommy: Now you can't hear me,

your ears are truly sealed.

You can't speak either,

your mouth is filled.

You can't see nothing,

and pinball completes the scene.

Here comes Uncle Ernie to guide you to

Your very own machine.



Guests:

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it

We're not gonna take it



We're not gonna take it

Never did and never will

Don't want no religion

And as far as we can tell

We ain't gonna take you

Never did and never will

We're not gonna take you

We forsake you

Gonna rape you

Let's forget you better still.



Tommy:

See me.

Feel me.

Touch me.

Heal me.



Listening to you,

I get the music.

Gazing at you,

I get the heat.

Following you,

I climb the mountains.

I get excitement at your feet.



Right behind you,

I see the millions.

On you,

I see the glory.

From you,

I get opinions.

From you,

I get the story.