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18 and Life - Skid Row cover
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This was recorded in August 2008. Lyxx are Andrew David - guitar, Adam Tempkin - guitar, Russ Tyler - bass, Jason Braun - vocals & Rogelio Perea (drums)
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New York City Hard Rock Metal Tribute Cover Band
Lyxx melds incredible musicianship with a strong sense of fun, playing some of rock's best music like they wrote it and getting fists pumping in the air at every show!. Although emphasizing kick-ass 80's hair-metal, Lyxx was formed to let its members play what they love - fans are treated to an ample helping of 70's Glam (Mott the Hoople and T. Rex for example) and 80's Thrash (Megadeth; Slayer...) mixed in with arena-rock favorites like Kiss, Whitesnake, Dokken, Def Leppard and Journey. Great playing ability mixed with backing vocals a mile thick lets Lyxx nail it all. If you've listened to rock in the last 30 years, you are going to love Lyxx!.
Song Info
Genre
Metal • Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #36
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Dave Sabo
Rights
Skid Row
Uploaded
October 05, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:50
Story behind the song
Skid Row guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo wrote this song after reading in a local newspaper about an 18-year-old boy who shot his friend by accident. He thought the gun wasn't loaded, and eventually ended up in prison for life.
Lyrics
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
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