Delia's Gone Lyrics

And I thought gangsta rap was violent!
Still this is a well done song...seems like I can hear the regret in Johnny's voice as if he really committed the murder.

You can hear a lot of love for the woman when he sings "Delia, oh Delia, Delia all my life."

this song is about a girl johnny apparently dated and did him wrong,so he shot her.He didn't really shoot her,obviously,but i do belive thats what the song is about.

Johnny Cash didn't write this song...it was written by Al Stewart.
Wrong! On Christmas Eve 1900, Cooney Houston shot and killed Delia Green. If that isn’t tragic enough, they were both 14 years old. Their sad story would have been long forgotten, even in Yamacraw – the black neighborhood in the western end of Savannah, Georgia, where the killing took place – if it hadn’t been for a song. The ballad of Delia’s murder traveled from Georgia to the Bahamas, then back to the States during the folk boom of the 1950s. Though the facts have been altered along the way, Delia’s story has been sung by generations of folk singers,...
Wrong! On Christmas Eve 1900, Cooney Houston shot and killed Delia Green. If that isn’t tragic enough, they were both 14 years old. Their sad story would have been long forgotten, even in Yamacraw – the black neighborhood in the western end of Savannah, Georgia, where the killing took place – if it hadn’t been for a song. The ballad of Delia’s murder traveled from Georgia to the Bahamas, then back to the States during the folk boom of the 1950s. Though the facts have been altered along the way, Delia’s story has been sung by generations of folk singers, and has been recorded by musical icons like Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.

Of course, Cash had a way of making any song his own...as if it was written about him and for him.
He was the best!

Of course, Cash had a way of making any song his own...as if it was written about him and for him.
He was the best!

I remember seeing the music video for this on Beavis and Butt-head, and even those two morons thought this was violent. XD Still a good song, though.

"one more round" has two meanings one more round as a chamer in a gun and in a bar.........

It seems obvious that Al Stewart based this song on traditional tune called "Delia" which has been recorded by numerous artists including Bob Dylan. It's a great song and a classical story.

LOL this song is hilarious!