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

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul (6)____________ of dyin'
that (7)__________ learns 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 (9)________ that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the (10)________

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