The Rose by Bette Midler

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

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

It's the heart (4)____________ of breaking
that never (5)____________ to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance

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

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

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

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