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, oooh no good at home He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone 18 and life you got it 18 and life you know Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go X 2 Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline It 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 X 2 Accidents will happen they all hear Ricky say He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away 18 and life you got it 18 and life you know Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go X 2