Jones Tom My Elusive Dreams Lyrics

My Elusive Dreams Lyrics

by Curly Putman and Billy Sherrill

 

 (added 10/25/97, thanks to Pauline Buchanan)

 

 You followed me to Texas, you followed me to Utah,

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

 Then you went with me to A-la-bam',

 Things looked good in Birmingham,

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

 I know you're tired of fol-low-ing

 My elusive dreams and schemes

 For they're only fleeting things,

 My elusive dreams.

 

 You had my child in Memphis then I heard of work in Nashville,

 But 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.

 I know you're tired of fol-low-ing

 My elusive dreams and schemes

 For they're only fleeting things,

 My elusive dreams.

 

 Now we've left A-las-ka because thewas no gold mine,

 But this time only two of us moved on.

 And 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 following

 My elusive dreams and schemes

 For they're only fleeting things,

 My elusive dreams.