She was a pretty girl, yes she was, everybody's darling

Her daddy kept a pretty close eye on her

When the boys all started calling

She was a wild one, yes she was, her daddy couldn't tame her

She rode fast and hard, her mama couldn't blame her

She'd go out in a pretty dress then change to boots and jeans

Kiss the boys and satisfy 'em at the drive-in movie screen

She'd go... Ricochet

A guy drove in a hot rod car, a tight black leather jacket

She climbed in and they drove off, we haven't seen her back yet

Her daddy hasn't been quite the same since then

The window shades are drawn

I heard tell he beat the hell out of mama and now she's gone

She drove off in the dead of night while he was passed out in a chair

The road became a friend to her and the wind blew back her hair

She went... Ricochet

Oh, this story's got a moral boys, but no happy ending

Like some old black and white drama film on light night television

A wayward girl, a drunkard dad, and long-time suffering mama

Played by Natalie Wood, Lee J. Cobb, and a roughed up Shelley Winters

The daughter's now living in a double-wide with a disconnected phone

She works nights waiting tables at the roadhouse

And she rarely sleeps alone

And she goes... Ricochet