18 & Life

Song 18 & Life
Artist Skid Row
Album Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule

Lyrics

[00:20.65] Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
[00:26.33] Lived 9 to 5 and he worked his fingers to the bone
[00:31.81] Just barely get out of school, came from the edge of town
[00:37.07] Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down, oh no
[00:42.35] He had no money, no, no good at home
[00:47.21] He walked the streets as soldier and he fought the world alone
[00:53.10] And now it's 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[00:58.56] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go
[01:03.62] 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[01:08.90] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go
[01:24.71] Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline
[01:30.19] He kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean
[01:35.46] They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one"
[01:40.74] He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun
[01:46.01] Bang bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends
[01:51.08] You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
[01:56.75] And now it's 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[02:02.03] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go
[02:07.30] 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[02:12.58] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go, yeah
[02:22.71] "Accidents will happen", they all heard Ricky say
[02:27.99] He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away
[02:54.99] 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[03:00.66] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go
[03:05.93] 18 and life, you got it, 18 and life, you know
[03:11.00] Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go