Ricky was a young boy he had a heart of stone
Lived 9 to 5 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 oh he had no money oh no good at home
He 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 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 oh oh
Tequila in his heartbeat his veins burned gasoline it kept his motor running
Oh 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 that bottles your best friend and now
It's eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know your crime is time and it 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
Accidents will happen they all heard
Ricky say he fired his sixshot to the wind that shot blew a child away

Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know your crime is time and it 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 oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh