18 and Life - Skid Row

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone

Lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone

Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town

Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down, no

He had no money, no

No good at home

Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone

And now it’s

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline

It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean

They say he loved adventure, «Ricky's the wild one»

He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun

Bang-bang, shoot 'em up, the party never ends

You can’t think of dying when the bottle’s your best friend

And now it’s

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Yeah, yeah

«Accidents will happen,» they all heard Ricky say

He fired his six-shot to the wind

And that child blew a child away, yeah, yeah

Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it’s eighteen and life to go

Yeah

Whoa, whoa, whoa