18 and Life (Live at the Marquee, Westminster, CA 4/28/89)

This is a song called "18 & Life"

Sing it out man

Ricky was a young boy

He had a heart of stone

Lived 9 to 5 and he 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, no

He had no money

Oh, 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

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

18 and life you got it

18 and life you know

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

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

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

18 and life you got it

18 and life you know

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 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

18 and life you got it

18 and life you know

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

18 and life you got it

18 and life you know

'Cause your crime is time and it's

18 and life to go

Oh yeah

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