This is why I hate it so...
The song is said to have been inspired by a woman named Dawn Parsworth who waited aimlessly for days for a man who had stood her up after promising to marry her. She would walk up to the bus-stop every day slowly becoming more and more mentally-ill. She was later admitted to a Brownsville asylum where she died in a ward cell
I was in high school when the Tanya Tucker version came out, it was a nightmare.
I've never paid close attention to the lyrics of "Delta Dawn", but now it makes me thing of "Copacabana."
Of course another fun game was for people to ask me where Tony Orlando was... the 70s were not fun for people named Dawn
Well, this is not looking good.
Yeah, France looks like they are going down.
Now I'm earwormed with Delta Dawn. Thanks, folks.
What's that flower you have on?
Odd that
I'm
not earwormed. Must be the Sonic Youth I'm listening to....
I just broke into "Delta Dawn," and only stopped when I forgot the words. Thank you, tommy.
::narrows eyes::