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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-y?



She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby

All the folks 'round Brownsville say she's crazy

'Cause she walks down 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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-y?



Delta Daw-awn, 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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-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 meetin' you here today?

To take you to his mansion in the sky-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 meetin' you here today?

To take you to his mansion in the sky-y



Delta-a Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? (fade)