Lyrics Skid Row – 18 And Life
Text:
Bolan, Snake
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
Lived nine to five and worked his fingers to the bone
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town
He had no money, no no good at home
Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it’s
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
Eighteen 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
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
«Accidents will happen» they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind — that child blew a child away
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it’s
Eighteen and life to go
