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?