The Rose

Song The Rose
Artist Judy Collins
Album The Essential Judy Collins

Lyrics

[00:14.04] Some say love it is a river
[00:21.78] That drowns the tender reed
[00:29.34] Some say love it is a razor
[00:36.96] That leaves your soul to bleed
[00:44.46] Some say love it is a hunger
[00:52.19] An endless, aching need
[00:59.67] I say love it is a flower
[01:08.21] And you it's only seed
[01:19.68] It's the heart afraid of breaking
[01:27.24] That never learns to dance
[01:34.68] It's the dream afraid of waking
[01:42.98] That never takes the chance
[01:49.95] It's the one who won't be taken
[01:58.35] Who cannot seem to give
[02:05.69] And the soul afraid of dying
[02:16.89] That never learns to live
[02:25.28] When the night has been too lonely
[02:32.80] And the road has been too long
[02:40.77] When you think that love is only
[02:47.13] For the lucky and the strong
[02:56.42] Just remember in the winter
[03:04.68] Far beneath the bitter snow
[03:11.57] Lies the seed that with the sun's love
[03:20.36] In the spring, becomes the rose
[03:30.81] When the night has been too lonely
[03:36.54] And the road has been too long
[03:44.66] When you think that love is only
[03:51.17] For the lucky and the strong
[03:59.07] Just remember in the winter
[04:07.72] Far beneath the bitter snow
[04:18.06] Lies the seed that with the sun's love
[04:26.94] In the spring, becomes the rose