[Chorus]

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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

[Verse 1]

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "Baby"

And all the folks around Vallejo say she's crazy

'Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand

Lookin' for a mysterious dark-eyed man

[Chorus]

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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

[Verse 2]

In her younger days they called her "Delta Dawn"

The prettiest woman you ever have laid eyes on

And then a man of low degree stood by her side

And told her he would take her for his bride, but I lied

[Chorus]

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 meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

To take you to his mansion in the sky?