Ricky was a young boy

He had a heart of stone

Lived 9 to 5 and he workedHis fingers to the bone

Just barely out of school

He 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 a soldier

And he fought the world alone and now it′s

18 and life, you got it

18 and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it

18 and life, you know

Your crime is time

And it′s 18 and life to go

Tequila in his heartbeat

His veins full of 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, you know

Your crime is time and it′s

18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it

18 and life, you know

Your crime is time

And it's 18 and life to go, ye-yeah

Accidents will happen?

They all heard Ricky say

He fired his six-shot to the wind

That child blew a child away, ye-yeah

18 and life, you got it

18 and life, you know

Your crime is time and it′s

18 and life to go

18 and life, you got it

18 and life, you know

Your crime is time

And it's 18 and life to go