Recorded by Bette Midler
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 believe 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 Then to think that love is only for the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter Far beneath the bitter snow Lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring, becomes the Rose.