David Houston and Tammy Wynette – My Elusive Dreams, is a country music song written by Billy Sherrill and Curly Putman. Putman recorded his song in March 1967 and released it on ABC Records in June 1967, peaking at #41 on the Hot Country Singles charts and #34 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. The song was later recorded by several artists. The best-known version was recorded as a duet by David Houston and Tammy Wynette, and was a No. 1 country hit in October 1967; the song also peaked at No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wynette recorded a second duet version of My Elusive Dreams in 1973 with George Jones; this version was included on the Let’s Build a World Together album.

David Houston and Tammy Wynette – My Elusive Dreams
From the album My Elusive Dreams
B-side «Marriage on the Rocks»
Released June 1967
Genre Country
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Billy Sherrill Curly Putman
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill

COUNTRYPEDIA

David Houston and Tammy Wynette – My Elusive Dreams Lyrics

I followed you to Texas
I followed you to Utah
We didn’t find it there, so we mo-oved on
I followed you to Alabam’
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 Na-ashville
We didn’t find it there, so we mo-oved 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 go-old mine
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
(Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh)
For they’re only fleeting things
My elusive dreams

GENIUS