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 Say she's looking for a mysterious dark-haired man 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 would take her to be his bride Spoken: Come on, now 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 would meet you here today To take you to a 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 would meet you here today To take you to a mansion in the sky? 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 would meet you here today To take you to a mansion in the sky? And did I hear you say he would meet you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky? In the sky In the sky