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 (3)____________ your soul to bleed

Some say (4)________ 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 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 cannot seem to give
and the soul (5)____________ of dyin'
that never learns to live

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

Just (7)________________ in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed (8)________ with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

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