The Rose by Bette Midler

Some say love it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that (1)____________ (2)________ soul to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never (3)____________ to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live

When the (4)__________ has (5)________ too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong

Just (6)________________ in the winter
far beneath the (7)____________ snows
lies the seed (8)________ (9)________ the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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