There It Goes

"There It Goes"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Written	1988
Studio sessions	Fall 1988 – Eddy Street Late 1988 – River North Studios March 16, 1989 – WZRD Studios
Length	5:17
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan

"There It Goes" is an early demo song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was first released on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Pisces Iscariot. In that recording, Billy Corgan used his Fender Mustang guitar. A live version of the song appears on Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88.

In October 2021, Billy Corgan performed the song at the William Patrick Corgan Early Years 1985-1990 residency at Madame ZuZu's. The lyric book that was handed out at these shows indicate the song was written in 1988.

Videos

Backstage at the Palace of Auburn Hills (October 23, 2012)

Corgan, live at Madame ZuZu's on October 10, 2021

Lyrics

William Patrick Corgan (2021)

there it goes
playing with my heart again
i don't know when
i'm gonna come up for air
for you now, dear
for you now
for you now

and the way you look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while
i can't hide

come and go
wasting my years
i was born to fear
that there's something in the air
for you now, dear
for you now
for you now

and the way you look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while
i can't hide

come and go
wasting my years
i was born to fear
that there's something in the air
for you now, dear
for you now
for you now

and the way look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while i can't hide

when you've thought to come back
would you take me home?
when you've thought to come back
all alone

Original lyrics

there it goes
playing with my heart again
i don't know when
i'm gonna come up for air
for you now, again
for you now
for you now

and the way you look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while
i can't hide

come and go
wasting my years
i was born to fear
that there's something in the air
for you now, again
for you now
for you now

and the way you look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while
i can't hide

when you've thought to come back
would you take me home?
when you've thought come back
all alone
all alone

there it goes
playing with my heart again
i don't know when
i'm gonna come up for air
for you now, again
for you now
for you now

and the way look at me
makes me happy inside
knowing all the while i can't hide

when you've thought to come back
could you take me home?
when you've thought to come back
all alone
all alone

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
The Ignoffo Tape		Bootleg
Mashed Potatoes		Bootleg
Pisces Iscariot	2012 deluxe reissue bonus CD	Compilation
Rarities Volume 1		Bootleg
Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88	Limited edition CD	Live
SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90		Live

Tour stats

• Total plays: 32 plays (31 full, 1 tease, 2 soundcheck), 8 acoustic, 2 artists
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1988-01-01 (unknown location), US (soundcheck)
• First full performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1988-08-10 at Avalon, Chicago, IL, US
• Last performance: Billy Corgan 2021-10-10 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US

External links

• "There It Goes" at SPFC