Ricky was a young boy he had a heart of stone

Lived 9 to 5 he lived with his get skills all alone

Just barely get 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 as soldier

And he fought the world alone

And now it's 18 and life you got it 18 and life

To go

Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go

18 and life you got it 18 and life to go

Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go

Tequila in his heartbeat his veins burned gasoline

He kept his motor running but it never kept him clean

They say he loved adventure "Ricky's the wild one"

He married trouble and 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

To go

Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go

18 and life you got it 18 and life to go

Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go 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 yeah yeah