My Elusive Dreams

My Elusive Dreams - Philomena Begley/Ray Lynam

I'd followed me to Texas

I'd followed me to Utah

We didn't find it there so we moved on

I went with you to Alabama

Things looked good in Birmingham

We didn't find it there so we moved on

I know you're tired of following 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

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

But this time only two of us moved on

Now all we have is each other and just a little memory to cling to

And still I won't let you go on alone

I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes

For they're only fleeting things

My elusive dreams

For they're only fleeting things

My elusive dreams