18 And Life

Album: Skid Row Released: 1989 Skid Row guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo wrote this song after reading in a local newspaper about an 18-year-old boy who shot his friend by accident. He thought the gun wasn't loaded, and eventually ended up in prison for life. This song achieved a great success and was MTV's most played video in 1989.

[Verse 1] Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone Lived nine to five 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 [Pre-Chorus] He had no money, no No good at home Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone And now it's [Chorus] 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 [Verse 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, had a courtship with a gun [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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 Yeah, yeah [Bridge] "Accidents will happen," they all heard Ricky say He fired his six-shot to the wind And that child blew a child away, yeah, yeah Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] 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 Yeah [Outro] Whoa, whoa, whoa