Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)

Teresa Brewer

Written by Larry Coleman, Joe Darion, and Norman Gimbel



Peaked at # 2 in 1953



They warned me when you kissed me your love would ricochet

Your lips would find another and your heart would go astray

I thought that I could hold you with all my many charms

But then one day you ricocheted to someone else's arms



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And baby

I don't want a ricochet romance, I don't want a ricochet love

If you're careless with your kisses, find another turtle dove

I can't live on ricochet romance, no, no not me

If you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free



I knew the day I met you, you had a rovin' eye

I thought that I could hold you, what a fool I was to try

You promised you'd be faithful and you would never stray

Then like a rifle bullet, you began to ricochet



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When you announced our wedding, you made me mighty proud

I whispered "Two was company" but you preferred a crowd

You buzzed around the other girls just like a busy bee

And when you finished buzzin', cousin, you buzzed right back to me



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If you're gonna ricochet, baby, I'm gonna set you free