"I'll be home soon"

He told his almost bride.

That's the promise he made,

A day before he died.

Of course she knew the risks

Marrying a Navy man

For his fate was written

Long before their love began

He left his girl at home

And he was lost at sea

The waves are unforgiving

And so is his bride to be

They say she's still waiting

By the shore, all alone

She never gave up hoping

That her soldier would come home

Lost in the fog,

Alone in the deep.

Bound by a promise

That he couldn't keep