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 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 meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

She was forty-one but her daddy still called her baby

And all the folks 'round

Brownsville thinks she's crazy

'Cos she walks down town with a suitcase in her hand

Looking for a mysterious dark haired man

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 meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn

The prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on

Then a man of low degree stood by her side

And he 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 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 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 meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?