18 and Life

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, oh 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, whoa 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