Emily (The Delta Dawn Story)

I was born in Brownsville To the Mayor and his mistress Branded me a bastard And called my mom a whore Those good christian townfolk Were real bad at forgiveness Save for the pastor And the angel That lived next door Emily was pretty As a Mississippi sunrise As kind as she was crazy And crazy over me Her daddy caught her with me Should've seen the fire in his eyes To see his baby holding hands With a man of low degree Emily I swear we're gonna show 'em This ain't the kind of love you give up on We're meant to be together From now until forever They'll tell our story long after we're gone The boy that loved a girl Called Delta Dawn If faith can move a mountain Surely love can sway opinons If they'd see the man she makes me They'd forget how I was made But some folks where their hatred Like a flower wears it's crimson To both a wedding and a funeral Some people just don't change Emily I swear we're gonna show 'em This ain't the kind of love you give up on We're meant to be together From now until forever They'll tell our story long after we're gone The boy that loved a girl Called Delta Dawn I told her to meet me at the station That we'd be leaving with the setting sun I hope she knows I'd never keep her waiting But her daddy made sure that I I couldn't come Everyone in Brownsville Had already decided That I took what I wanted And abandoned Emily Her daddy thought he'd stopped it But today he stands there crying Cause after all these years of trying He drove her straight to me 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 meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky