INTRO: (4x)--
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, ooh
No good at home
He walked the streets a soldier, and he fought the world
alone
And now its...
REFRAIN:
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
[REPEAT INTRO]
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 had a courtship
with a gun
Bang, bang shoot em' up, The party never ends
You can't think of dying when that bottle is your
best friend
And now it's...
[REPEAT REFRAIN]
BRIDGE:
Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away
AD LINE: [DO REFRAIN CHORD PATTERN]
[REPEAT REFRAIN 2X]