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 downtown with a suitcase in her hand Lookin' for a mysterious dark-haired man In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn The prettiest woman that you ever laid eyes on Then a man of low degree stood by her side
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? 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? To take you to his mansion in the sky? Oh, to take you to his mansion in the sky?