The Devil Went Down to Pelham

This week The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band came on the radio. It inspired me to write this version, taking place at the Pinball Wizard in Pelham, NH.  At this point, having gone through the process of purchasing our own machine, I know just enough about the hobby to be dangerous. :)



The Devil Went Down to Pelham

The Devil went down to Pelham
He was lookin' for a game of skill
He was in a bind, arcades were hard to find
And 100 tokens was quite a deal

Then he saw this middle-ager
on Twilight Zone and playin' it hot
And the Devil leaned on Spider-Man
And said, "Sir, let me tell you what"

I guess you didn't know it
But I'm a pinball player too
And if you care to take a dare
I'll play a match with you

Now you play pretty good EM, boy
And rock the Devil's Dare too
I'll bet an LE of gold against your soul
Cos' I skill-shot better than you

The man said, "My name's Tommy
And I play by sense of smell
I've got Aurcade ranks in solid-states
And I'm gonna give you hell"

Tommy limber up your hands and flip those flippers hard
Cause hell's broke loose in Pelham and good nudging is an art
And if you win your man cave gets an LE made of gold
But if you tilt, the Devil gets your soul

The Devil reached in his coin cup
And he said, "I'll start tonight's show"
And fire from the magic trunk
Set the ramp shot lights aglow

And soon the second ball was locked
And it made an evil hiss
One more shot triggered multiball
And the flippers didn't miss

When DVL was finished
Tommy said, "well you're pretty good old son
But I've played this one on iPad
Let me show you how it's done"

Shadow's coming, mongols run!
Mars Kneads Women, just for fun
Shoot the castle gate and the pop-up trolls
Granny did your ball drain? No child, no

The Devil cursed and muttered
Because he'd lost his brand new Stern
So he made that call to NAVL
To arrange the shipping terms

Tommy said, "Devil, I gotta go
Though much fun this has been
Gonna trade my soul to Jersey Jack
in exchange for that sweet WOZ pin"

Shadow's coming, mongols run!
Mars Kneads Women, just for fun
Shoot the castle gate and the pop-up trolls
Granny did your ball drain? No child, no