All he could think about was
I'm too young for this
Got my whole life ahead
Hell, I'm just a kid myself
How'm I gonna raise one?
All he could see were his dreams
Goin' up in smoke
So much for ditchin' this town
And hangin' out on the coast
Oh well, those plans are long gone.
And he said,
''There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
Might as well kiss it all good bye
There goes my life.''
A couple years of up all night
And a few thousand diapers later
That mistake he thought he made
Covers up the refrigerator.
Oh yeah, he loves that little girl.
Mamas waitin' to tuck her in
As she fumbles up those stairs
She smile back at him
Draggin' that teddy bear
Sleep tight
Blue Eyes and bouncin' curls.
And he smiles
There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
I love you, daddy good night
There goes my life.
She has that Honda loaded down
With that Abercrombie clothes
Fifteen pairs of shoes
And his American Express
He checked the oil, slammed the hood
And said, ''You're good to go.''
She hugged 'em both
And headed off to the West Coast.
And he cried
There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
I love you
Baby, good bye.
There goes my life.
There goes my life.
Baby, good bye.
Baby, good bye.
There goes my life...
I'm too young for this
Got my whole life ahead
Hell, I'm just a kid myself
How'm I gonna raise one?
All he could see were his dreams
Goin' up in smoke
So much for ditchin' this town
And hangin' out on the coast
Oh well, those plans are long gone.
And he said,
''There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
Might as well kiss it all good bye
There goes my life.''
A couple years of up all night
And a few thousand diapers later
That mistake he thought he made
Covers up the refrigerator.
Oh yeah, he loves that little girl.
Mamas waitin' to tuck her in
As she fumbles up those stairs
She smile back at him
Draggin' that teddy bear
Sleep tight
Blue Eyes and bouncin' curls.
And he smiles
There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
I love you, daddy good night
There goes my life.
She has that Honda loaded down
With that Abercrombie clothes
Fifteen pairs of shoes
And his American Express
He checked the oil, slammed the hood
And said, ''You're good to go.''
She hugged 'em both
And headed off to the West Coast.
And he cried
There goes my life
There goes my future
My everything
I love you
Baby, good bye.
There goes my life.
There goes my life.
Baby, good bye.
Baby, good bye.
There goes my life...
song info:
Verified yes
LanguageEnglish
Rank−
Duration00:04:57
Charts
Copyright ©BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING, Major Bob Music, / Rio Bravo Music, / Castle Bound Music, / Hanna Bea Songs, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music
WriterNeil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
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Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
About"There Goes My Life" is a song written by Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher, and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in October 2003 as the first single from his album When the Sun Goes Down. The song spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in late December 2003 and January 2004.
A teen is blindsided when he finds out that his girlfriend is pregnant. He tells the audience that his dreams of skipping town after graduation and hanging out on the coast are ruined; in the chorus he sings, "There goes my life." By the next verse he is married to his girlfriend and their child is now a toddler. The boy discovers that it was all worth it in the end and that he loves his child more than anything. By the final verse, his daughter is grown up and going off to the West Coast herself. The father thinks as she drives away, "There goes my life, my future, my everything ..."
The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and released in late 2003. In the video, the song's narrator is a high school football player met after practice by his girlfriend, with news of her pregnancy. The grown daughter in the video is played by actress Amber Heard, best known for her role of Greta Matthews on the CW television show, Hidden Palms.
The song debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated Oct. 25, 2003. The song spent 20 weeks on that chart, and climbed to No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 20, 2003, where it stayed at the top spot for seven consecutive weeks. It also peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A teen is blindsided when he finds out that his girlfriend is pregnant. He tells the audience that his dreams of skipping town after graduation and hanging out on the coast are ruined; in the chorus he sings, "There goes my life." By the next verse he is married to his girlfriend and their child is now a toddler. The boy discovers that it was all worth it in the end and that he loves his child more than anything. By the final verse, his daughter is grown up and going off to the West Coast herself. The father thinks as she drives away, "There goes my life, my future, my everything ..."
The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and released in late 2003. In the video, the song's narrator is a high school football player met after practice by his girlfriend, with news of her pregnancy. The grown daughter in the video is played by actress Amber Heard, best known for her role of Greta Matthews on the CW television show, Hidden Palms.
The song debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated Oct. 25, 2003. The song spent 20 weeks on that chart, and climbed to No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 20, 2003, where it stayed at the top spot for seven consecutive weeks. It also peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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