C	G7	F	G	C

Some say 	love, it is a 	river, that 	drowns the 	tender 	reed

 	C	G7	F	G	C

Some say 	love, it is a ra	zor, that 	leads your 	soul to 	bleed

 	Cmaj7	F	G7

Some say 	love it is a 	hunger, and endless aching 	need

 	C	G	F	C

I say 	love it is a 	flower and 	you its only 	seed



 	C	G7	F	G	C

It's the 	heart afraid of 	breaking that 	never 	learns to 	dance

 	C	G7	F	G	C

It's the 	dream afraid of 	waking that 	never 	takes a 	chance

 	Em	Am7	F	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



 	C	G7	F	G	C

When the 	night has been too 	lonely and the 	road has 	been too 	long

 	C	G7	F	G	C

And you 	find that love is 	only for the 	lucky 	and the 	strong

 	Em	Am7	F	G

Just re	member in the 	winter for 'n	eath the bitter 	snow

 	C	G	F	G	C

Lies the 	seed that with the 	sun's love, in the 	spring be	comes the 	rose