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18 And Life by Skid Row

Ricky was a (1)__________ boy
He had a heart of stone
Lived 9 to 5 and (2)____________ his fingers to the bone
Just (3)____________ got out of school
Came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade so
No one (4)__________ take him down
He had no money
No good at home
He (5)____________ the streets a soldier
And he fought the world alone
And now it's
18 and life you got it
18 and (6)________ you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and (7)________ to go
18 and (8)________ you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

Tequila in his heartbeat
His (9)__________ burned gasoline
It (10)________ his motor running
But it never (11)________ him clean
They say he (12)__________ adventure
Ricky's the (13)________ one
He married trouble
And had a courtship with a gun
Bang bang
Shoot 'em up
The party (14)__________ ends
You can't think of dying
When the bottle's (15)________ best friend
And now it's
18 and life you got it
18 and (16)________ you know
Your crime is (17)________ and it's
18 and (18)________ to go
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

Accidents will happen
They all (19)__________ (20)__________ say
He fired his six-shot to the wind
That (21)________ a child away

18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your (22)__________ is time and it's
18 and life to go
18 and life you got it
18 and (23)________ you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and (24)________ to go

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