The Rose by Bette Midler

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

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

It's the heart (3)____________ of breaking
that never (4)____________ to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that (5)__________ takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid 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 bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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