Lyrics:

1967 album My Elusive Dreams**lf**Writer(s): Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill**lf**ft. David Houston**lf****lf**I''d followed me to Texas**lf**I''d followed me to Utah**lf**We didn''t find it there**lf**So we moved on**lf****lf**I''d followed you to Alabama**lf**Things look good in Birmingham**lf**We didn''t find it there**lf**So we moved on**lf****lf**I know you''re tired of following**lf**My elusive dreams and schemes**lf**For they''re only fleeting things**lf**My elusive dreams**lf****lf**I had your child in Memphis**lf**You heard of work in Nashville**lf**We didn''t find it there**lf**So we moved on**lf****lf**To a small farm in Nebraska**lf**To a gold mine in Alaska**lf**We didn''t find it there**lf**So we moved on**lf****lf**And now we''ve left Alaska**lf**Because there was no gold mine**lf**But this time**lf**Only two of us moves on**lf****lf**Now all we have is each other**lf**And a little memory to cling to**lf**And still you won''t let me**lf**Go on alone**lf****lf**I know you''re tired of following**lf**My elusive dreams and schemes**lf**For they''re only fleeting things**lf**My elusive dreams**lf****lf**For they''re only fleeting things**lf**My elusive dreams