The Rose

by Manda McBrooom ( Vocals: Bette Midler)
from the soundtrack to "The Rose" ©1979.

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 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 soud afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live.

When the night has been
too lonely and the road has
been to long, and you think
that love is only for the
lucky and the strong, just remember
in the winter far beneath
the winter snows lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes
the rose.