The Rose chords by Marion Martin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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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
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That leaves your soul to bleed
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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,
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and you, its only seed.
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It's the heart afraid of breaking
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That never, never learns to dance
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It's the dream afraid of waking
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That never, never takes the chance
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It's the one who won't be taken,
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who cannot seem to give
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And the soul afraid of dying
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that never, never learns to live
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When the night has been too lonely
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And the road, the road has been too long
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And you think that love is
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only for the happy,
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the lucky and the strong
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Just remember in the winter,
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far beneath the winter's moon
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Lies the seed that with the sun's love
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In the spring becomes the rose you