Delta Dawn

She was forty-one and her daddy still called her baby Everyone in Brownsville thinks she's crazy 'cause she walks to the station with a suitcase in her hand And she's looking for a mysterious dark-haired man In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on But a man of low degree stood by her side And he promised he would take her for his bride Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 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 got on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 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 got on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? Did I hear you say he was meeting you right here today? He's gonna take you to his mansion in the sky Delta Dawn, oh, what is that flower that you've got on? Could it be, could it be just a faded rose from one of those days gone by? Well, did I hear you say That he was gonna meet you right here, right here today? He's gonna take you to his mansion in the sky To take you to his mansion in the sky He's gonna take you, he's gonna take you Oh, he's gonna take you and you and you and you Oh, gonna take you, take you to that mansion He's got to, gonna take you to that mansion He's gonna take you and you and you and you Oh, you and you and you Take you to his mansion in the sky Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Gonna take you. Oh, oh He's gonna take you, gonna take you He's gonna, he's gonna take you to that mansion He's gonna take you and you and you, oh . .