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 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
oh-woah-oh yes
Tequila in his heartbeat
his veins burned gasoline
It kept his motor runnin'
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
That child
blew a child away
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 yeah
Woah-oh
woah-oh oh