In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn,
prettiest woman you ever have 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-meetin' you here today,
to take you to his mansion in the sk y?
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,
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 a-meetin' you here today,
to take you to his mansion in the sk y?
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-meetin' you here today,
to take you to his mansion in the sk y?