The Rose by Bette Midler

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

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

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the (4)__________ afraid of waking
that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul (5)____________ of dyin'
that never (6)____________ to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the (7)________ has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong

Just (8)________________ in the winter
far beneath the (9)____________ snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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