The Rose by Bette Midler

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

Some say (5)________ it is a hunger
an (6)______________ (7)____________ need
I say love it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the (8)__________ afraid of breaking
that (9)__________ learns to dance
It's the (10)__________ (11)____________ of waking
that (12)__________ (13)__________ the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that (14)__________ (15)____________ to live

When the night has (16)________ too lonely
and the (17)________ has (18)________ too long
and you think that love is only
for the (19)__________ and the strong

Just (20)________________ in the winter
far (21)______________ the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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