Delta Line

Momma has all kinds of dreams Where she goes looking for hidden things Stolen silver, daddy's wine Bastard children in the line Last night she heard a warning call Woke her up It was the train, that's all And every dream's about the war Since she lost her oldest born The train from Memphis just arrived With somebody else's son who died She don't sleep well on the Delta line She don't sleep well on the Delta line Ellie Mae got engaged fast But there are questions we don't ask A civil wedding set for May Momma's gonna make a velvet cake You know they asked the reverend first But they won't defile the church He saw the fullness in her eyes Said from God no man can hide The train from Memphis just arrived With a dress that's too small for the bride She don't sleep well on the Delta line She don't sleep well on the Delta line Now Aunt Marie won't cut her hair Since she dropped her baby down the stairs She ran off into the woods But that won't do that baby any good They feed her bottles day and night But she won't take them She just cries, cries, cries Better she learn to suffer now Before her husband shows her how The train from Memphis just arrived Carrying a hungry orphan child She don't sleep well on the Delta line She don't sleep well on the Delta line Momma has all kinds of dreams Where she goes looking for hidden things