Ricky was a young boy   He had a heart of stone   Lived 9 to 5 and 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      He had no money, ooh   No good at home   He 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 runnin'   But he never kept it clean      They say he loved adventure   Ricky's the wild on   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      "Accidents will happen"   They all heard Ricky say   He fired his six-shot to the wind   That child blew a child away      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