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18 and Life - Skid Row
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Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
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Lived 9 to 5 and 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.
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He had no money, ooh, 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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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
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It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
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They say he loved adventure, Ricky's the wild one.
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He married trouble had a courtship with a gun.
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Bang, bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends.
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You can't think of dying when that bottle's your best friend.
And now it's....
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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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"Accidents will happen", they all heard Ricky say.
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He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away.
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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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Eighteen and life you got it. Eighteen and life you know.
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Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.