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 (3)________ it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say (4)________ it is a flower
and you its only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the (5)__________ (6)____________ of waking
that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that (7)__________ learns to live

When the night has (8)________ too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the (9)__________ and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the (10)________

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