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 no

He had no money
No, no good at home
He walked the streets a soldier
And he fought the world alone
And now it's

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yes, aah

Tequila in his heartbeat
His veins full of 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

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go, yeah, yeah

"Accidents will happen"
They all heard Ricky say
He fired his six shots in the wind
That child, blew a child away, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it
18 and life, you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

Yeah, yeah, yeah, woah
Woah, woah, woah, woah, oh