Well I left my home at the north end of Florida   Headed out for southern California   Lookin' for some fun like any other   And the open skies   Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana   Even past right through Texarkana   Lord I know that time is truly wastin'   Not getting any younger      I'm runnin' round here, and I'm looking for a pot of gold   They tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow   See the movie star up in the spotlight. She's growing old   And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow      Well I fell in love with a girl out in Texas   Then her daddy had me arrested   All I did was stop for some dancin', and a couple of beers   Then they ran my butt on into Arizona   Heard I was wanted out in Oklahoma   Made me feel like I was an outlaw   It might've been my long hair      I'm runnin' round here, I'm looking for that pot of gold   And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow   See the guitar man up in the spotlight, he's growing old   They tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow      And they left me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow   Now I'm sittin' out here I'm lonely in Nebraska   How the hell'd I get to Alaska   Would of thought by now I'd learn my lesson   But you can never tell      I'm runnin' round here, still looking for a pot of gold   And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow   I see the mileage on my face, am I growing old   And they tell me that it sits at the end of an old rainbow