My Filipino Rose — текст песни (Hank Snow)

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)