Lyrics
[verse]
Down along the river where the willows bend and sway
Lives a woman waiting for a man who went away
Forty years of sunrise since she wore that faded gown
Still she walks the water's edge before the sun goes down
[chorus]
Delta Dawn, still chasing after yesterday
Holding tight to something time won't let you keep this way
Delta Dawn, all the town still whispers your name
But you're waiting on a river that will never be the same
[verse]
They say a stranger came here in a rattling old machine
Filled her head with silver dreams she never should have seen
Now she wanders every evening with the same old faded rose
Waiting on a train that never blows
[chorus]
Delta Dawn, still chasing after yesterday
Holding tight to something time won't let you keep this way
Delta Dawn, all the town still whispers your name
But you're waiting on a river that will never be the same
[bridge]
Maybe love was never meant to answer every call
Maybe some old dreams were built to fall
But she keeps on singing softly to the tide
With a rose still pinned against her side
[chorus]
Delta Dawn, still chasing after yesterday
Holding tight to something time won't let you keep this way
Delta Dawn, all the town still whispers your name
But you're waiting on a river that will never be the same
