Released: October 20, 2003
Songwriter: Wendell Mobley Neil Thrasher
Producer: Kenny Chesney Buddy Cannon
[Verse 1]
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 going to raise one
All he could see were his dreams going up in smoke
So much for ditching 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
[Verse 2]
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 bouncing curls
[Chorus]
He smiles
There goes my life
There goes my future, my everything
I love you, daddy good-night
There goes my life
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
There goes my life
There goes my life
Baby good-bye
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 going to raise one
All he could see were his dreams going up in smoke
So much for ditching 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
[Verse 2]
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 bouncing curls
[Chorus]
He smiles
There goes my life
There goes my future, my everything
I love you, daddy good-night
There goes my life
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
There goes my life
There goes my life
Baby good-bye
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- Promo Only Country Radio: November 2003 (2003)
- When the Sun Goes Down (2004)
- Cream Of Country Vol 8 - 38th CMA Awards (2005)
- Greatest Hits II (2009)
- Now That’s What I Call Country [South Africa] (2012)
- Double Cream 6: Twenty Years Of Nashville Number One Hits Vol. 2 - 1993-2013 (2014)
- Live In No Shoes Nation (2017)
- NOW That’s What I Call Country Classics 00s [US] (2021)
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