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
pre
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
pre
bangbang 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 sixshot 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
Artist: Skid Row
Year: 1989
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 157