In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn   Prettiest woman you ever had laid eyes on   But a man of low degree stood by her side   Promised her he?d take her for his bride but he lied      Delta Dawn, what?s that flower you have on   Could it be a faded rose of days gone by   Did I hear you say he was meetin? 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   Looking for a mysterious dark haired man      Delta Dawn, what?s that flower you have on   Could it be a faded rose of days gone by   Did I hear you say he was meetin? 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 of days gone by   Did I hear you say he was meetin? 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 of days gone by   Did I hear you say he was meetin? 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 of days gone by   Did I hear you say he was meetin? you here today   To take you to his mansion in the sky?