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There Goes My Life
There goes my life... and here it comes 👶
Who it's for
Kenny Chesney's hit follows a young man who panics over an unplanned pregnancy and grows to treasure fatherhood.
Panicked→Grateful for the life it became
Feelings it meets
What it is
"There Goes My Life" is a Kenny Chesney single written by Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley, released in October 2003 ahead of the album When the Sun Goes Down, and spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the country chart. A teenager learns his girlfriend is pregnant and at first thinks his plans to leave town are ruined, but the child becomes his joy; in the final verse his grown daughter leaves home.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Children”
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