Ri cky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
Lived 9
to 5 and
wo rked his fingers to the bone
Ju st barely out of school came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade
So no
on e could
take him down, He had no money, ooh
N o good at home
H e walked the
streets a soldier, and he fought the world
alone
And now its…
REFRAIN:
Ei
ghteen a nd life you got it
E
Ighteen a nd life you know
Yo ur
crime is time and it’s
E ighteen and life to go
Ei
ghteen a nd life you got it
E
ighteen a nd life you know
Yo ur
crime is time and it’s
E ighteen
an d life to go
[Repeat intro]
Te quila in
his h eartbeat,
his veins burned gasoline
It
kept his motor
run
ning, But it never kept him clean
Th ey say he loved adventure.
R icky’s
t he wild one,
He m
arried trouble had a
courtship wi th a gun
B ang, bang
sho ot em’ up, The party never ends
Y ou can’t think
of dying when that bottle is your
best friend
And now it’s…
[Repeat refrain]BRIDGE:
A ccidents
will happen, they all heard Ricky say
H e fired his
six-sh ot to the
wind, that child blew a child away