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Shawn Colvin – Ricochet in Time (1989) | Track profile | Dork

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Ricochet in Time

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Ricochet in Time

Release date: 17th October 1989

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About This Track

"Ricochet in Time" is a track by Shawn Colvin, from the album Steady On, released 17th October 1989. Full lyrics are available below.

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Shawn Colvin

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Lyrics

Ricochet in Time

[Verse 1]

I've been sleeping fair

Lately I could swear

I'm thinking clearer and clearer

And I've been working hard

Looking at my punch card

And my mirror

My mirror

[Pre-Chorus]

But I daydream in my room

I'm baying at the moon

[Chorus]

Ricochet in time

To the music

You just pick a day and I'm

In a new destination

[Verse 2]

I take too many planes

I know too many names

And I forget them

I wanted to know if dreams would lie

You said they would try

And I said let them

You just let them

[Pre-Chorus]

But I kill dreams in the chase

I slap love in the face

[Chorus]

Ricochet in time

To the music

You just pick a day and I'm

In a new destination (Yeah)

[Verse 3]

I crawled up from the sewer

For something that was truer

Than I intended

I ended up on my knees

In this big city

I was befriended

I transcended

[Pre-Chorus]

But I bruise my friends for more

I rail at heaven's door

[Chorus]

Ricochet in time

To the music

You just pick a day and I'm

In a new destination (Oh)

[Outro]

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1989

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Release year

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