They leave him with an eccentric gypsy, a self-proclaimed "Acid Queen", who feeds Tommy various hallucinogenic drugs and performs sexually in an attempt to free him from isolation.
Several notable singers have performed the song including Merry Clayton, Patti LaBelle, Bette Midler and Tina Turner.
The Acid Queen symbolized mindless self-indulgence, and attempted to use drugs to cure Tommy's ailments: deafness, muteness and blindness."
It's about how you get it laid on you that if you haven't fucked forty birds, taken sixty trips, drunk fourteen pints or whatever...society – people – force it on you.
Bob Dylan's song "Murder Most Foul"—released in March 2020, but recorded at an unknown, earlier date—references both "The Acid Queen" and "Tommy Can You Hear Me?