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 leaves your (2)________ to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say (3)________ 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 (5)____________ of waking
that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the (6)________ afraid of dyin'
that never (7)____________ to live

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

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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