The Rose by Bette Midler

Some say (1)________ it is a river
That (2)____________ the tender reed
Some say (3)________ it is a razor
that (4)____________ your soul to bleed

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

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that (6)__________ (7)____________ to dance
It's the (8)__________ afraid of waking
that (9)__________ takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who (10)____________ (11)________ to give
and the (12)________ (13)____________ of dyin'
that never learns to live

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

Just (18)________________ in the winter
far beneath the (19)____________ snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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