The Rose Bette Midler Some say [C] love it is a [G7] river That [F]drowns the [G] tender [C] reed Some say [C] love it is a [G7] razor That [F] leads your [G] soul to [C] bleed Some say [Em7] love it is a [Am] hunger [Am7] An [F] endless aching [G7] need I say [C] love it is a [G7] flower And [F] you, [G7] its only [C] seed It's the [C] heart afraid of [G7] breaking That [F] never [G7] learns to [C] dance It's the [C] dream afraid of [G7] waking That [F] never [G7] takes a [C] chance It's the [Em7] one who won't be [Am] taken [Am7] Who [F] cannot seem to [G7] give And the [C] soul afraid of [G7] dying That [F] never [G7] learns to [C] live When the [C] night has been too [G7] lonely And the [F] road has [G7] been too [C] long And you [C] think that love is [G7] only For the [F] lucky [G7] and the [C] strong Just re[Em7]member in the [Am] winter [Am7] Far be[F]neath the bitter [G7] snow Lies the [C] seed that with the [G7] sun's love In the [F] spring [G7] becomes the [C] rose