The Rose by Bette Midler

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

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless (3)____________ need
I say love it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the (4)__________ 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 (5)____________ seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live

When the (6)__________ has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you (7)__________ that love is only
for the (8)__________ and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that (9)________ the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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