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 am I gonna raise one?

All he could see were his dreams going up in smoke
So much for ditching this town and hanging 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 goodbye
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 bouncing curls

He smiles
There goes my life
There goes my future, my everything
I love you daddy, goodnight
There goes my life

She had that Honda loaded down
With Abercrombie clothes and fifteen 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

And he cried
There goes my life
There goes my future, my everything
I love you
Baby goodbye

There goes my life
There goes my life

Baby, goodbye
Baby, goodbye
There goes my life


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There Goes My Life Lyrics as written by Wendell Mobley Neil Thrasher

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    It reminds me of Adam Layman, a character in Daniel Waters' story "Generation Dead". When he dies at the hands of his friend Pete Martinsburg, he probably thought this as he lay dying. The narrator of the story said this about his taste in music: "He wasn't much of a music guy, no matter how many times Phoebe Kendall tried to change that. He liked Kenny Chesney and maybe some classic rock".

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