My Filipino Rose Lyrics

The postman dropped a letter in my doorThe address wasn't plain, but I could seeIt had traveled far across the great PacificFrom my Filipino Rose across the seaThe writing from her tremblin' hand was blurredThe paper, it was badly stained with tearsIt read, They tell me you have wed anotherAfter I have longed and waited all these years(Chorus)But I'm still prayin' that the trade windsSend you sailin' across the blueIn my harbor I've dreamed you'll anchorWhere your lonely Filipino waits for youI promised her that I'd return some dayI told her she'd won my heart and handI told her a lie, 'cause I was lonelyFar from home, a stranger in that foreign landShe wrote, I've watched the driftwood float on byI've watched the sea roll on its weary wayI've watched the silver sails out on the oceanHopin' you might return to me somedayThe chains of love may never set you freeBut thru the years, as mem'ries fonder growThis broken heart will always wait for you, dearIt was signed, Your lonely Filipino Rose(Repeat Chorus)