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Ricky was a young boy he had a heart of stone
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Lived 9 to and he worked his fingers to the bone
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Just barely out of school came from the edge of town
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Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down no
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He had no money no no good at home
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He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's
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1 and life you got it
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1 and life you know
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Your crime is time and it's
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1 and life to go
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1 and life you got it
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1 and life you know
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Your crime is time and it's
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1 and life to go
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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
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Accidents will happen they all heard Ricky say
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He fired his six-shot to the wind and that child blew a child away
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