The Rose
Bette Midler

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Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed
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Some say love, it is a razor, that leads your soul to bleed
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Some say love it is a hunger, and endless aching need
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I say love it is a flower and you its only seed

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It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
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It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance
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It's the one, who won't be taken who cannot seem to give
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And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live

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When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long
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And you find that love is only for the lucky and the strong
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Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose

This song is lovingly dedicated to Kleeo and Charlie.

This song is heartily dedicated to Shirl Currie
from Michelle