My Elusive Dreams [ Skeeter ] I followed you to Texas I followed you to Utah [ Bobby ] We didn't find it there so we moved on [ Skeeter ] I followed you to Alabam things look good in Birmingham [ Bobby ] We didn't find it there so we moved on [ Both ] I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams [ Skeeter ] I had your child in Memphis you heard of work in Nashville [ Bobby ] We didn't find it there so we moved on To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska [ Skeeter ] We didn't find it there so we moved on [ Bobby ] Now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine [ Skeeter ] But this time only two of us moved on And now all we have is each other and a little mem'ry that we could to cling to [ Bobby ] But still you won't let me go on alone [ Both ] I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams