A STAR WARS ROCK OPERA

OVERTURE parody of "OVERTURE"
YODA: Young Skywalker
Turned to evil.
His unborn child
Can never know this.
Believe him hanging
With Darth Sidious.
Don’t expect
A goodbye kiss.

IT IS TWINS! parody of "IT'S A BOY!"
NURSE: It is twins, Amidala, it is twins.
It is twins, Amidala, it is twins.
A boy! A girl! A boy!

IT'S THE YEAR parody of "1921"
LUKE: Got a feeling it’s the year
I leave the moisture farm.
Especially if my uncle
Is in a good mood.

UNCLE OWEN: So you think it’s the year
You leave the moisture farm.
You could be right next season,
But this season--you’re wrong, dude.
I can’t let you leave me just before the harvest,
And somehow I’ll keep you here,
So you’re pretty much screwed.

LUKE: What about the droid?
What about the droid?
What about the droid?
And this Obi-Wan?

UNCLE OWEN: You didn’t hear it.
You didn’t see it.
You won’t say nothing to that wizard
Ever in your life.
You never heard it.
How absurd it
All seems since Obi-Wan’s dead.
You didn’t hear it.
You didn’t see it.
You won’t say nothing to Old Ben.
Now go clean the droids.
Don’t forget what I said.

BEYOND THE DUNE SEA parody of "AMAZING JOURNEY"
NARRATOR: Luke is a farm boy
He’s in a dry, isolation land.
Strange as it seems, some troopers have schemes
That are real bad.

The droid has gone
To find Obi-Wan in the Dune Sea.
Luke will soon learn of the Force
And his destiny.

Artoo will surely take a boy
Where boys don’t usually go.
So come out beyond the Dune Sea
And learn all you should know.

LUKE: A vague haze of tuskin raider
Creeps up on me.
All at once a big darkness I suddenly see.
He’s wearing a dark cloak
The color of ground
And he’s waving his spear
As I’m cowering down.

NARRATOR: Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide,
Nowhere to run.
By pure luck Luke is saved
By this Obi-Wan.

Artoo will surely take a boy
Where boys don’t usually go.
So come out beyond the Dune Sea
And learn all you should know.

His eyes tell the tale of
An old Jedi Knight.
There’s the evil emperor who we all have to fight.
Ben is your leader
Ben is your guide
On the amazing journey
Together you’ll ride.

SPARKS

THE MILLENIUM FALCON (THE SMUGGLER) parody of "EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND (THE HAWKER)"
HAN: So you need a star ship,
I wish you could see mine.
So you need a star ship,
I wish you could see mine.
Every time I make a spice run
Bet that I’ll be there on time.

You know I’ve made modifications
You can tell by how fast she goes.
You know I’ve made modifications
You can tell by how fast she goes.
But I’m really short on money,
So you’ll be paying through your nose.

She’s got the power to get you
To Alderaan.
She’s got the power to get you
To Alderaan.
Just a fee of ten grand,
And we’ll be far from your home.

THE HELMET OF DARTH VADER parody of "CHRISTMAS"
NARRATOR: Did you ever see the helmet of Darth Vader,
He is filled with anger.
Ruling the whole galaxy
The planets cannot rest for they’re in danger.
He believes the Force and all his might
Make him the master.
Ruthlessly he rules
To see what worlds he can destroy
To gain might faster.

And Luke, he doesn’t know who his father is.
He doesn’t know who his mother was
Or who his sister is.
How can he bring light
To the eternal fight?

Slaying Obi-Wan
He killed so silently
And unaware of his son.
Stepping on the robe
To see that with the Force
Old Ben has become one.
Luke believes in good
And what he saw he wishes
He did not see.
Only if he runs
Can he escape the Death Star and become free.

And Luke, he doesn’t know who his father is.
He doesn’t know who his mother was
Or who his sister is.
How can he bring light
To the eternal fight?

QUI-GON: Ani, can you hear me?
Ani, can you hear me?
Ani, can you hear me?
Is there good in him?

ANAKIN: Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!
Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!

QUI-GON: Ani, can you hear me?
Ani, can you hear me?
Ani, can you hear me?
Is there good in him?

HOTSHOT PILOT parody of "COUSIN KEVIN"
DODONNA: Luke’s on his own, Leia,
All alone, Leia.
He must blow the Death Star away,
In order to save the day.
I don’t have much hope
Since he’s kind of a dope.
But the others aren’t exactly okay.
Porkins and Biggs, they’re both dead
And Wedge had to pull out instead.
Darth’s on Luke’s tail.
I fear we might fail.
And now I'm starting to dread.
How can we win if he
Uses the Force,
And not his computer
To map out his course?
What will we do when the Death Star’s in view
Of the home base of Yavin?
Away we’ll be blew!

He’s a show off pilot.
A young hotshot.
The most foolish young one
Who’s ever fought.
He’ll die on the Death Star.
A chance, we have not.

Now here comes Solo,
To save Luke from dad.
He shots off Darth Vader
While Luke hits the pad.
His proton torpedoes hit right on the mark.
And he saves good guys
From all that is dark.

He’s a show off pilot.
A young hotshot.
The most foolish young one
Who’s ever fought.
But he saved the good guys,
And he saved a lot.

THE SAVAGE BEAST parody of "THE ACID QUEEN"
THE WAMPA: If you’re out in the ice and snow
This thing will bring you down.
Don’t stay here, yeah, you should go,
For I don’t make a sound.
I’m the wampa--the savage beast.
Stay for dinner, please.
The wampa--the savage beast.
If you don’t die, you’ll freeze.

You weren’t aware that I was near.
I ate your taun taun too.
You didn’t see, you didn’t hear.
Now you’re hanging by your shoe.
I’m the wampa--the savage beast.
Stay for dinner, please.
The wampa--the savage beast.
If you don’t die, you’ll freeze.

Don’t even think you might escape.
The ice is very thick.
Just as the savage beast comes in
You pull your Jedi trick.

So you have won, you’ve beaten me.
Clear off you cut my arm.
Now off you go, to brave the snow,
Running in alarm.
I’m the wampa--the savage beast.
Stay for dinner, please.
The wampa--and now I see
That I won’t die at ease.

UNDERTURE

DO YOU THINK IT’S ALRIGHT? parody of "DO YOU THINK IT'S ALRIGHT?"
LUKE: Do you think it’s alright
To go and look for Master Yoda?
Do you think it’s alight?
I might be needed to fight!
Do you think it’s alright?
OBI-WAN: Yes, I think it’s alright.

CONQUER ALL MEN parody of "FIDDLE ABOUT"
VADER: I’m the evil Dark Lord Vader
And I’m headed to the Ice World
As I conquer all men,
Conquer all men,
Conquer all men.
I got a message from the probe droid,
Now I’m not one you can avoid
Conquering all men,
Conquering all men,
Conquer all men.

My son will be found,
Then he will join us!
Conquer all men,
Conquer all men,
Conquer all men!

We’ll rule then when we conquer all men,
Conquer all men,
Conquer all men,
Conquer all men,
Conquer, conquer, conquer!

JEDI MASTER parody of "PINBALL WIZARD"
NARRATOR: Ever since I was a young boy,
I’ve been down to these parts.
These swamps of Dagobah,
They can give you smarts,
But I ain’t seen nothing like him
In any family charts....
That short, green, and old guy
Sure knows his Jedi arts!

He lifts ships with a hand wave,
He can read your mind as well,
And if you have emotions,
He can surely tell.
Lives here in the marshland,
Keeping from the Darks,
That short, green, and old guy
Sure knows his Jedi arts!

He’s a Jedi Master.
He's the last of his kind.
The Jedi Master
‘s got such a patient mind.
LUKE: So, do you think he’ll teach me?
NARRATOR: I don’t know.
LUKE: But I’m their only hope.

NARRATOR: For eight hundred plus years
Has Yoda trained Jedi.
Both Obi-Wan and Dooku
Were once beneath his eye.
He has a special method
For getting to their hearts.....
That short, green, and old guy
Sure knows his Jedi arts!

I thought I was
The lightsabre god
But then I saw him
Fight Count Dooku unflawed.

Even at his short height
He can beat the best.
His little green lightsabre
Moves faster than the rest.
He does whirls of crazy flips.
He dodges laser darts....
That short, green, and old guy
Sure knows his Jedi arts!

THERE'S A HUNTER parody of "THERE’S A DOCTOR!"
VADER: There’s a man I’ve found
Who can be hard to get!
There’s a hunter I’ve found
Named Boba Fett!
There’s a hunter I’ve found
Named Boba Fett!

There’s a man I’ve found
Who could catch Han Solo.
He’s right on his trail,
He’ll catch him tomorrow.
He’ll catch him tomorrow!

BE PATIENT, YOUNG JEDI! parody of "GO TO THE MIRROR!"
NARRATOR: He seems to be completely dark and evil.
Ruthlessly he’ll kill
Women and men.
Yet he searches for his son as if he cares.
If he’s going to bring balance I don’t know when.

ANAKIN: Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!
Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!

NARRATOR: There is no chance to get him on the Good Side.
The Dark Side has a hold on him that’s strong.
No Jedi ever thought the prophecy lied
But who thought the balance
Would take so long?

ANAKIN: Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!
Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!

NARRATOR: Luke's mind can see,
His soul can hear the pain of friends.
When he feels it everything is dropped.
Against the word
Of Jedi Master Yoda
His Jedi training is abruptly stopped.

YODA: Be patient, young Jedi!
Be patient, young Jedi!

NARRATOR: Lord Vader has a plan that is worth trying,
Using Han and Leia as his bait,
Luke will leave his training and be coming,
Vader will be waiting, Luke won't be late.

QUI-GON: Listening to you I hear the conflict,
Gazing at you I sense the peace,
Following you I find the patience,
I feel the Dark Side of you cease.

Right behind you I sense the feeling,
On you I see the pain too,
From you I feel the healing,
I sense the good in you.

ANI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? parody of "TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
QUI-GON: Ani, can you hear me?
I can sense good in you!
Ani, can you feel me?
I can sense peace in you!

JOIN ME ON THE DARK SIDE parody of "SMASH THE MIRROR"
VADER: You get your strength from the Force,
You wield a mean lightsabre,
But you are not a Jedi yet, Luke!
You don’t seem to realize
But I think you should know the truth.
Stories of your dad were kept from you.

So you will not
Leave the good guys.
You should fear me.
Can you fell my temper
Rise, rise, rise, rise, rise....

Luke, I am your father.
Join me on the Dark Side.
Luke, I am your father.
Join me on the Dark Side.
LUKE: NOOOO!

RELATION a parody of "SENSATION"
LUKE: I’m overwhelmed, as I hear Vader,
I’m falling down to my demise.
Hanging on the weather vane,
With just one hand, above the skies.

The empire’s building
A new Space Station.
Vader’s won the battle.
I’m a relation.

Thanks to Leia, I am saved!
And thanks to Artoo, we are free!
But things aren’t good, they could be better,
Han is frozen
Because of me.

The empire’s building
A new Space Station.
Vader’s won the battle.
I’m a relation.

We’ll join with Lando, and go save him.
Jabba has him on his wall.
Then we’ll finish with Palpatine,
And we’ll make the empire fall.

Soon we’ll be free, please believe me.
Darth Vader.
The Rebels will win
Against my father,
Darth Vader.
I’m a relation.

CORPULENT CRIME LORD a parody of "MIRACLE CURE"
C-3PO: Jabba! Jabba!
He’s such a slime ball.
A corpulent crime lord from Tatooine!
Jabba! Jabba! He’s such a slime ball
Jabba!

JABBA THE HUTT a parody of "SALLY SIMPSON"
NARRATOR: The door was locked
So Threepio knocked,
And was answered with great laughter.
Then the door opened wide and Artoo went inside
As C-3PO rushed in after.
Luke offered the droids
As gifts from him
To get them in the throne room.
Jabba didn’t know about Luke’s power
He just set his own doom.

Luke knew by and by
He was a Jedi,
And he’d be the last if Yoda should die.
And his master said
“Beware, when gone am I,
The Dark Side.”

Then Leia came in as a
Bounty hunter, and asked Jabba for her pay.
She asked for fifty grand for Chewie,
Or she’d blow the place away.
She spent that night saving Solo,
But Jabba woke up and caught them.
Han couldn’t see, but he was free
And he wouldn’t be blind someday.

Luke knew by and by
He was a Jedi,
And he’d be the last if Yoda should die.
And his master said
“Beware, when gone am I,
The Dark Side.”

Luke arrived at dawn
And everyone was sleeping
So he came in with a lurk.
He tried his Jedi mind trick on Jabba
But the mind trick didn’t work.
He stood right there,
Not knowing of a trap door
Or where the trap door would go.
Then the floor opened up and Luke saw
The rancor,
Took a rock and smashed its toe.

The crowd went crazy
As Luke almost was ate.
But he dropped the door, the rancor’s no more
It’s dead under a gate.

Jabba ordered for Han and Chewie
To join Luke in the Pit.
Threepio told of their
Execution and
Luke answered with such wit.
“It’s the last mistake you’ll ever make”
As they dragged him away.
Leia watched him go
And she was afraid
But there was nothing she could say.

Luke knew by and by
He was a Jedi,
And he’d be the last if Yoda should die.
And his master said
“Beware, when gone am I,
The Dark Side.”

Jabba took them all
Down to the Dune Sea.
Into the pit they would be cast.
Threepio carried out the speech
‘Cause he knew it’d be their last.
Leia caught Han’s eye, she had to try
But he still couldn’t see a thing.
Luke walked to edge
And gave a warning to Jabba
Standing like a king.

The crowd went crazy
As Luke was almost ate.
But he caught the board,
Through the air he soared.
Weapons were drawn too late. Ooooh!

Just one chain wrapped tight,
And Jabba’s dead.
He can’t say Luke didn’t warn him.
Luke, Han, and Leia escaped from Jabba,
Now the future doesn’t look so grim.
They got away to meet the Rebels
And to fight some evil some more.
But Luke went off the see Master Yoda,
Not yet knowing what was in store.

Luke knew by and by
He was a Jedi,
And he’d be the last if Yoda should die.
And his master said
“Beware, when gone am I,
The Dark Side.”

I'M ONE parody of "I’M FREE"
YODA: I’m One--I’m One
Luke, beware of the Dark Side, when I’m gone.
I’m One--I’m One
You must face Vader, you’re his son.

If you came to get more training
Well, your training’s done.
But Luke, you must
Face Vader again.
But you’ve never been told of the other--
You have a sister, you’re a brother.
I’m dying now so
Ask the ghost of Ben!

I’m One--I’m One
Luke, beware of the Dark Side, when I’m gone.
I’m One--I’m One
You must face Vader, you’re his son.

LUKE: How can I face him?
How can I face him?

WELCOME parody of "WELCOME"
EWOKS: Come to Endor
Be the one to shut down the shield.
Come to Endor.
We’re speeder biking
Nearly getting killed.

REBELS: Wicket, Hello.
And you Paploo.
Good day, high Chief Chirpa.
Teebo, how are you?

EWOKS: Come to Endor!
This is Endor.

Come to Endor.
We will help you.
Make this your moon.
We will help you.

You can help
Destroy the Empire.
They’ve taken our moon
And killed us with fire.

Come to Endor!
This is Endor.

So you’re shutting down the shield
To the new big Space Station.
We can help you with this.
It’ll be a sensation.
Our weapons are simple,
And we have no relation.
But we’re willing to help you
If you got the patience.

Come to Endor
Be the one to shut down the shield.
Come to Endor.
We’re speeder biking
Nearly getting killed.

We will fight hard
And die for this cause.
We can be brave,
Although we have paws!

Welcome to Endor,
We will help you.
This is Endor.
We will help you.
Come to Endor,
Come to Endor!

JOIN ME ON THE DARK SIDE parody of "TOMMY’S HOLIDAY CAMP"
PALPATINE: I’m the Evil Ruler
And I welcome you
To join me on the Dark Side!
The side with the difference.
We have all the power.
If you join the Dark Side
I won’t kill you in an hour!

Side with the difference.
We have all the power.
If you join the Dark Side
I won’t kill you in an hour!
Welcome!!!

I'M NOT GONNA JOIN YOU parody of "WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT"
PALPATINE: Welcome, young Jedi.
I guess you must know why we’re here.
I am the ruler
And I became aware this year
If you do not join with us,
You might become a threat.
So leave all the rebels,
Join with the Dark Side,
And my power will be set!

Hey, boy, you’re afraid.
So funny, I have to laugh.
Hey, your friends are dying fighting.
Cut down to half.
Hey, your sabre’s right here by me,
Now you do the math.
Strike me down with all your hate
And choose the darkest path.

LUKE: I’m not gonna join you.
I’m not gonna join you.
I’m not gonna join you.
Never would and never will.
I’m not gonna join you.
Gonna stay calm.
And be at one.
You forget it, better still.

PALPATINE: Now you’ll join with me,
Your father will be killed.
Your father’s beaten,
Your fate is sealed.
If you will not turn,
You will be destroyed.
So, tell me now that you will turn,
And you will be employed.

LUKE: I’m not gonna join you.
I’m not gonna join you.
I’m not gonna join you.
Never would and never will.
I won’t kill father
And as far as I can tell
I ain’t gonna join you.
Never would and never will.
I ain’t gonna join you!
I defy you!
Gonna leave you!
VADER: I’ll destroy you....better still.

ANAKIN: Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!
Feel me, see me, kill me, free me!

LUKE: Listening to you I hear the conflict,
Gazing at you I sense the peace,
Following you I find the patience,
I feel the Dark Side of you cease.

Right behind you I sense the feeling,
On you I see the pain too,
From you I feel the healing,
I sense the good in you.

THE END

Now, here's the real thing....

THE TOMMY ROCK OPERA

OVERTURE
NARRATOR: 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.

IT’S A BOY
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!

1921
LOVER: I’ve got a feeling ‘21
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 good 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 & 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 won’t say nothing to no one.
Never tell a soul
What you know is the truth.

AMAZING JOURNEY
NARRATOR: 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 thoughts 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 sparkled
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 crystaline glances to show
That he is your leader
And he is your guide
On the amazing journey
Together you’ll ride.

SPARKS

EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
(THE HAWKER)
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.
Every time 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.

CHRISTMAS
FATHER: Did you ever see the faces of the 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 heaven’s generosity.
Peeping round the door
To see what parcels are for free
In curiosity.

And Tommy doesn’t know what day it is.
He 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 anything.
Playing poxy pinball,
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.
He 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!

FATHER: Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
How can he be saved?

COUSIN KEVIN
COUSIN KEVIN: We’re on our own, cousin,
All alone, cousin.
Let’s think of a game to play
Now the grown-ups have all gone away.
You won’t be much fun
Being blind, deaf, and dumb,
But I’ve no one to play with today.
Do you know how to play hid-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 with 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....

THE ACID QUEEN
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 Quen.
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 Quen.
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.

UNDERTURE

DO YOU THINK IT’S ALRIGHT?
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!
Do you think it’s alright?
FATHER: Yes, I think it’s alright.

FIDDLE ABOUT
UNCLE ERNIE: I’m you 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 your nightshirt!
Fiddle about,
Fiddle about,
Fiddle about!

You won’t shout as I fiddle about,
Fiddle about,
Fiddle about,
Fiddle about,
Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle!

PINBALL WIZARD
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 anything 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?

He 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,
An’ never tilts atall....
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 at 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!

THERE’S A DOCTOR!
FATHER: There’s a man 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.
Let’s see him tomorrow!

GO TO THE MIRROR!
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 see,
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 is feeling.
Has he ever heard a word I said?
Look at him 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 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?
MOTHER: Tommy, can you hear me?
Can you feel me near you?
Tommy, can you feel me?
Can I help to cheer you?

SMASH THE MIRROR
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, rise, rise, rise, rise....

Do you hear or fear or
Do I smash the mirror?
Do you hear or fear or
Do I smash the mirror?
SMASH!

SENSATION
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
Mesmerized by just the sight.
The few I’ve touched now are 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.

MIRACLE CURE
NEWSBOY: Extra! Extra!
Read all about it.
Pinball wizard in a miracle cure!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it.
Extra!

SALLY SIMPSON
NARRATOR: 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 father’s 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 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 was 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 across stage to the spotlit figure
And touched him on the face.
Tommy whirled around
As a uniformed man
Threw her off 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 check hit a chair
And blood trickled down,
Mingling with her tears.
Tommy carried on preaching
And his voice filled Sally’s ears.
She caught his eye, she had to try
But he 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 stiches put her right
And her dad said
“Don’t say I didn’t warn ya.”
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....”

I’M FREE
TOMMY: 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.

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
Messiah’s 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?

WELCOME
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 shoemaker.

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
Let’s 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
Bring the nurses and patients.
Everyone go home
And fetch there relations.

Come to my house
Be one of the comfortable people.
Come to this house.
We’re drinking all night
Never sleeping.

We need more room.
Build an extension.
A colorful palace.
Spare no expense.

Welcome to this house,
Be one of us.
Come to this house,
Be one of us.
Come to our house,
Come to this house!

TOMMY’S HOLIDAY CAMP
UNCLE ERNIE: I’m your uncle Ernie
And I welcome you
To Tommy’s Holiday Camp!
The camp with the difference,
Never mind the weather.
When you come to Tommy’s
The holiday’s forever!

Camp with the difference,
Never mind the weather.
When you come to Tommy’s
The holiday’s forever!
Welcome!!!

WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT!
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 ear plugs,
Put on your eye shades
You know were to put the cork!

Hey, you getting drunk
So sorry, I got you sussed.
He you smoking mother nature
This is a bust.
Hey hung up mister normal
Don’t try to gain my trust
‘Cos you ain’t gonna follow me
Any of those ways
Although you think you must!

CHORUS: 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.

CHORUS: 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!
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 mountain,
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.

THE END

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