Linda Ronstadt
"Miss Otis Regrets" lyrics

Miss Otis Regrets

Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today

She is sorry to be delayed
But last evening
Down at Lover's Lane
She strayed
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today

When she woke up and found
That her dream of love
Had gone
Madam
She ran to the man
Who had led her so far astray

And from under
Her velvet gown
She drew a gun
And shot her lover down
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today

When the mob came and got her
And dragged her from
The jail
Madam
They strung her up on
The old willow across the way

And the moment
Before she died
She lifted up
Her lovely head and cried
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today

Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch
Today

Authors: Cole Porter