Delta Dawn,
what's that flower you have on
Could it be a
faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear
you say he was a-meeting you here today
To
take you to his mansion in the sky
She's
forty-one and her daddy still calls her
"baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say
she's crazy
'Cause she walks around town with
a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a
mysterious dark-haired man
In her
younger days they called her Delta
Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes
on
Then a man of low degree stood by her
side
And promised her he'd take her for his
bride
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you
have on
Could it be a faded rose from days
gone by
And did I hear you say he was
a-meeting you here today
To take you to his
mansion in the sky