Janis Joplin The Rose Lyrics

The Rose Lyrics

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, it's 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 give

And the soul afraid of dyin'

That never learns to live



When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

And you think that love is only

For
the lucky and the strong



Just remember, in the winter

Far
beneath the bitter snows

Lie the seed, that with the sun's love

In
the spring, becomes the rose