The famous old song “Delta Dawn” is about a woman who says she and a rich man are in love, and one day he’ll take her away from the town. The chorus is the townspeople mocking her as lying or delusional. They don’t believe the rich suitor even exists. My late father disliked that cruelty, so he wrote his own “final verse” where the rich man does arrive for her. She was telling the truth all along, and justice prevails. My father’s lyrics go,
Then one night as she walked along the street
a dark limousine pulled alongside Delta’s feet
and she got inside with her suitcase in her hand
sitting beside a mysterious dark-haired man
Where she’s gone to this day no one knows
All that was left on the pavement was a faded rose
Since the man in the limousine took her away
nevermore did the folks have the chance to say:
[Leading into the actual chorus] “Delta Dawn
what’s that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
And didn’t I hear you say
he was a-meeting you here today
to take you to his mansion in the sky?”
