릭키는 젊은청년이죠
그는돌같은심장을가졌어요
아침9시부터오후5시까지 열심히일했죠
학교는 가까스로졸업한 변두리출신
싸움도잘하죠
그래서 아무도싸움을못말려요
그는 돈도 집도없어요
길을걷다 군인과싸우기도하지요
홀로외로이...그리고이젠
18세의 삶 그것이 네가가진모든것
18세의 인생 넌알고있지
너의 죄는 시간과 18세의 삶 그리고
인생이란그렇게흘러가는걸..
데킬라를마신몸음달아오르고
그의동맥은가솔린으로타버렸죠
그는오토바이를타고달리죠
그렇지만오토바이는그를순하게만들지않아요
사람들은말하죠그앤모험을좋아한다고
리키는사나운놈이에요...라고
그는골칫거리와결혼을하고
총에게구혼을했죠
공중에총을쏘기도하고
그파티는결코끝나지않아요
당신은죽음이란걸생각하지못할거에요
술병이 당신의 가장친한친구일때..
그리고이제..
사고가나고말거에요...
라고리키가말하는걸들었죠..
그는허공에대고여섯발을쏘았는데..
아이를쏘아버린거죠..
SKID Row는 우범지역...빈민굴이란뜻
이를반영하듯 어두운뒷골목의 청소년들의 삶을다루고있다
실제로 우발적으로 친구와의 장난속에벌어진
리키라는한청소년의 살인사건실화를 모티브로 만든곡..
Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone.
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely got out of school,
came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and
he fought the world alone
And now it's
18 and life 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 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
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 heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away.
18 and life You got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go