The Rose by Bette Midler

Some say (1)________ it is a river
That drowns the (2)____________ reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves (3)________ soul to bleed

Some say love 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 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 afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you (5)__________ that love is only
for the (6)__________ and the strong

Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the (7)____________ becomes the rose

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