THE ROSE             Bette Midler

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Some say love, it is a river
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that drowns the tender reed
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Some say love, it is a razor
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that leaves your soul to bleed
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Some say love, it is a hunger,
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an endless aching need
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I say love, it is a flower, 
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and you, it's 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 dying
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 lucky 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 rose