The Rose by Bette Midler

Some say (1)________ it is a river
That (2)____________ the (3)____________ reed
Some say (4)________ it is a razor
that leaves your (5)________ to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger
an (6)______________ aching need
I say (7)________ it is a flower
and you its (8)________ seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the (9)__________ (10)____________ of waking
that (11)__________ (12)__________ the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the (13)________ (14)____________ of dyin'
that (15)__________ (16)____________ to live

When the night has (17)________ too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the (18)__________ and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the (19)____________ snows
lies the (20)________ that (21)________ the sun's love
in the (22)____________ (23)______________ the (24)________

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