Kenny Chesney - There Goes My Life Lyrics

Kenny Chesney Lyrics

"There Goes My Life"

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.

[Chorus:]
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.

Momma's waiting to tuck her in,
As she fumbles up those stairs.
She smiles back at him dragging that teddy bear.
Sleep tight, blue eyes and bouncin' curls.

[Chorus:]
He smiles.....
There goes my life.
There goes my future, my everything.
I love you, daddy good-night.
There goes my life.

She had that Honda loaded down.
With Abercrombie clothes and 15 pairs of shoes and his American Express.
He checked the oil and slammed the hood, said you're good to go.
She hugged them both and headed off to the West Coast.

[Chorus:]
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.

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Writer(s): Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher

"There Goes My Life" is the first single from Kenny Chesney's album "When the Sun Goes Down" (2004). The song was released in October 2003.

Neil Thrasher, who co-wrote "There Goes My Life" with Wendell Mobley, had an idea to write a song about a teenage couple who had a daughter. When he told the idea to Mobley, it turned out that the latter had had that very experience being a father while still studying in high school. His daughter died at a young age.

Wendell Mobley recalled, "Right after we were done writing it, Neil and I talked about how this was a perfect marriage between personal and universal. It's these kinds of stories, when you know it's happening all over, that really is so rewarding to hear."

Actress Amber Heard plays the daughter of the protagonist in the music video for this song.