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 to meet you here today   To take you to his mansion in the sky?      She's forty-one and her Dad still calls her baby   All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy   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   Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on   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 to meet 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 to meet 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