Written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler, who performed it in the 1979 film The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.
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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 acheing need
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I say love it is a flower and
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You its only seed
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It's the heart afraid of breaking
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That never learns to dance
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It's the dream afraid of waking
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That never takes a chance
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It's the one, who won't be taken
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Who cannot seem to give
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And the soul afraid of dying
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That never learns to live
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When the night has been too lonely
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And the road has been too long
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And you feel that love is only
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For the lucky and the strong
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Just remember in the winter
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Far beneath the bitter snow
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love,
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In the spring becomes the rose
