My Elusive Dreams

I followed you to Texas

I followed you to Utah

We didn't find it there, so we moved on;

I followed you to Al-a-bam'

Things looked good in Birmingham

We didn't find it there, so we moved on.

I know you're tired of followin'

My elusive dreams and schemes

For they're only fleeting things

My elusive dreams.

I had your child in Memphis

You heard of work in Nashville

We didn't find it there so we moved on

To a small farm in Nebraska

To a gold mine in Alaska

We didn't find it there, so we moved on.

And now we've left Alaska,

Because there was no gold mine.

(SPOKEN)

But this time only two of us moves on

Now all we have is each other

And a little memory to cling to

And still you won't let me go on alone

I know you're tired of followin'

My elusive dreams and schemes

For they're only fleeting things

My elusive dreams.

• Artist:David Houston
• Album:Elusive Dreams (1967)