The postman dropped a letter in my door   The address wasn't plain, but I could see   It had traveled far across the great Pacific   From my Filipino Rose across the sea      The writing from her tremblin' hand was blurred   The paper, it was badly stained with tears   It read, They tell me you have wed another   After I have longed and waited all these years      (Chorus)   But I'm still prayin' that the trade winds   Send you sailin' across the blue   In my harbor I've dreamed you'll anchor   Where your lonely Filipino waits for you      I promised her that I'd return some day   I told her she'd won my heart and hand   I told her a lie, 'cause I was lonely   Far from home, a stranger in that foreign land      She wrote, I've watched the driftwood float on by   I've watched the sea roll on its weary way   I've watched the silver sails out on the ocean   Hopin' you might return to me someday      The chains of love may never set you free   But thru the years, as mem'ries fonder grow   This broken heart will always wait for you, dear   It was signed, Your lonely Filipino Rose      (Repeat Chorus)