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 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 'round Brownsville say she's crazy 'Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand Waiting 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 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 meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky? ♪ 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 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 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 meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky? And did I hear you say He was meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky?