The Rose by Bette Midler

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

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

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that (4)__________ 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 cannot seem to give
and the (5)________ afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live

When the (6)__________ has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that (7)________ 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 (9)______________ the rose

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