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"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 a-meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky..."
She was brave and she was wild
A woman's sadness and a child's smile
Innocent and wise
But back then they didn't realize
The girl of
today would be the tornado of tomorrow
Thirteen's a tender age
To sing upon a stage
She did it with grace
and flair
The woman smiled and the men just stared
And they all knew she
would be a star
A smile like an angel
But eyes full of fun
A voice that could make
people cry
Smooth with a growl
Deep, full of life
That matured as
time went by
A child has certain dreams
Little known and little seen
Hers would
take her to the top
There to say but then to drop
And it was a long hard
fight to get back up again
She stuck it out, she's tough
But singing just wasn't enough
Two
children came to be
To sit on their Mommy's knee
And everything compared
to that isn't much
A smile like an angel
But eyes full of fun
A voice that could make
people cry
Smooth with a growl
Deep, full of life
That matured as
time went by
To the ones who love her she's special
The ones who hate her see only her
mistakes
Through it all she's remained contraversial
But what is that
compared to the music she makes
"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 a-meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky..."
written in 1996