What's that flower you have on Delta Dawn

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 meetin' 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 your 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...



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

All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy

Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand

Looking for a mysterious dark haired man

Delta Dawn what's that flower...

Delta Dawn what's that flower...

Delta Dawn what's that flower...