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)____________ your soul to bleed

Some say (2)________ it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say (3)________ it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns 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 (4)________ to give
and the (5)________ afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that (6)________ is only
for the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the (7)____________ snows
lies the (8)________ that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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