Bette Midler - The Rose

Some say love, it is a river,

that drowns the tender reed

Some say love, it is a razor,

that leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love, it is a hunger,

an endless aching need

I say love, 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 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 that in the winter,

far beneath the bitter snow

Lies the seed, that with the sun’s love

in the spring becomes the rose.

• Artist:Bette Midler
• Album: Rose OST (1979)