《18 and life》是来自美国乐队穷街（Skid Row）同名专辑的第二首单曲。
歌曲讲述的是18少年的闯荡江湖的故事，在城市的纷争中打拼，用力量和意志杀开自己生活的道路。虽说这首歌是一首流行金属的“情歌”，但是不得不承认伴随着歌词和主唱的嗓音，一股硬派的铁血之情不禁从词曲间流露出来，有很强的感染力。

18 and life

Ricky was a young boy
He had a heart of stone
Lived 9 to 5 and 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

He had no money, ooh
No good at home
He walked the streets a soldier
And he fought the world alone
And now it's...

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

Tequila in his heartbeat
His veins burned gasoline
It kept his motor runnin'
But he never kept it clean

They say he loved adventure
Ricky's the wild on
He married trouble
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...

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

"Accidents will happen"
They all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind
That child blew a child away

(solo)

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

十八岁和人生

瑞奇是个年轻的孩子
他有一副铁石心肠
过著朝九晚五的生活
工作十分卖力
只想远离学校
他来自小镇的偏远地区
像把摺叠刀一样的战斗
没有人能打败他
他身无分文，在家也不安份
走在街上
像个战士，独自和世界奋战
那是因为........

你拥有十八岁和人生
十八岁和人生啊！
青春时光是你犯的罪
你有十八岁和人生要过

他的心跳里有龙舌兰酒
血管中流动著汽油
那使他的机车不断奔驰
却始终不能让他保持清醒
人们说他酷爱冒险
"瑞奇天生是个野东西！"
他和麻烦结了婚
曾经带枪追求过一段时间
砰！砰！开枪吧！
筵席永不结束
你不会去想到死亡
当酒瓶是你最好的朋友
那是因为........

"意外总是在所难免"
人们都听过瑞奇这麼说
他朝著风中开了六枪
轰掉了一个孩子的生命