The Rose by Bette Midler

Some say (1)________ it is a river
That drowns the (2)____________ reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your (3)________ to bleed

Some say (4)________ it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the heart (5)____________ of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never (6)__________ the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that (7)__________ learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that (8)________ the sun's love
in the spring becomes the (9)________

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