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 around town with a suitcase in her hand   Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man      In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn   Prettiest woman you ever 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-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      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      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