The Rose by Bette Midler

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

Some say love it is a hunger
an (4)______________ (5)____________ need
I say (6)________ it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the heart (7)____________ of breaking
that (8)__________ learns to dance
It's the (9)__________ afraid of waking
that never (10)__________ the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the (11)________ (12)____________ of dyin'
that (13)__________ learns to live

When the night has (14)________ too lonely
and the (15)________ has been too long
and you (16)__________ that (17)________ is only
for the (18)__________ and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed (19)________ with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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