The Rose

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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 
      C            D       G  
That leaves the soul to bleed 
 
                       C  
Some say love it is a hunger 
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An endless aching need 
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I say love it is a flower 
     C               G  
And you it's only seed 
 
                        D7  
It's a heart afraid of breaking 
      C       D7          G  
That never learns to dance 
                        D7  
It's a dream afraid of waking 
      C       D7          G  
That never takes the chance 
 
          Bm                 Em  
It's the one who won't be taken 
     C                D7  
Who cannot seem to give 
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And the soul afraid of dying 
      C       D7          G  
That never learns to live 
 
                            D7  
When the night has been so lonely 
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And the road has been too long 
                            D7  
And you think that love is only 
         C       D7        G  
For the lucky and the strong 
 
      Bm                Em  
Just remember in the winter 
     C                    D7  
Far beneath the bitter snows 
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love 
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In spring becomes the rose