Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose of days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby
And all the folks around Brownsville still say she's crazy
Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
The prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
But a man of low degree stood by her side
And he promised her he'd take her for his bride

Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...