[chorus] C G F G C Some say love, it is a river, And that it drowns the tender reed G F G C And some say love, it's like a razor, And that it leaves your soul to bleed. [verse] e a F C G Some say love, it is a hunger, An endless aching need C G F G C I say love, it is a flower, And you, it's only seed. [chorus] C G F G C It's the heart afraid of breaking, That never learns to dance G F G C It's a dream afraid of waking, That never takes the chance [verse] e a F C G It's the one who won't be taken, Who cannot seem to give C G F G C And the soul afraid of dying, That never learns to live. [chorus] C G F G C When the night has been too lonely, And the road has been too long G F G C And you think that love is only, For the lucky and the strong [verse] e a F C G Just remember in the winter, Far beneath the bitter snows C G F G C Lies the seed that with the sun's love, In spring becomes the rose

1. C G Some say love, it is a river, F G C That drowns the tender reed. C G Some say love, it is a razor, F G C That leaves your soul to bleed. e a Some say love, it is a hunger, F d7 G An endless aching need. C G I say love, it is a flower F G C And you it's only seed. 2. C G It's the heart afraid of breaking, F G C That never learns to dance. C G It's the dream afraid of waking, F G C That never takes the chance. e a a7 It's the one who won't be taken, F d7 G Who cannot seem to give. C G And the soul afraid of dying F G C That never learns to live. 3. C G When the night has been too lonely F G C And the road has been too long. C G And you think that love is only F G C For the lucky and the strong. e a Just remember in the winter, F G Gsus4 Far beneath the bitter snow. C G Lies the seed that with the sun's love, F G C In the spring becomes the rose.