The rose (video) (intro) (midi)

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1. Some say love it is a river,

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and that it drowns the tender reed,

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and some say love it’s like a razor

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and that it leaves your soul to bleed.

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Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need,

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I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed.

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2. 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 the 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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3. When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long,

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and you think 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.

(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = no capo) (Conway Twitty)