Collins, Judy - 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 dying 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
Lies the seed
That with the sun's love
In the spring
Becomes the rose

tremendous, seems the song was written for Judy

"YOU DID REAL GOOD MY BUDDY HERKY"....I WAS SO BLESSED TO HAVE HAD YOU AS A BEST FRIEND......WE'LL MEET AGAIN I BELIEVE ONCE AGAIN.....LOVE, BOB

Yellow Rose , symbol of strength new beginning , an new carreer , bitter sweet accomplished life and death , survived to be , TO BE , WILL BE IS PROMISE

Awesome, what more can you say.

This song reduces me tears every time. Judy had a gorgeous voice, much more beautiful than Bette Middler's version. This is the definitive version in my opinion.

this is a beautiful song -- but Judy "oversings" it -- esp toward the end.

Sry, Judy, gotta tell it like it is, baby.

First heard this by Nana Mouskouri and thought that was beautiful but this is sublime

She sounds like an angel.

Voz doce e suave,

Essa e pra voce meu inesquecivel amoooooor....an......gerardo filho,

Judy I do love to hear you sing. YOUR VOICE IS SO LOVELY. JUST LIKE YOU.

영혼을 울리는 목소리!

essa e pra alguem que jamais esqueci.

I say LOVE is every word she sings, also my WIFE and ALL MY FAMILY

linda cancao voz suave.

Simply beautiful! I have just had to say goodbye to my beautiful sweet Labrador Lucy who has given so much joy and happiness to me over the past 11 years. I am lost without her.

boa quimica musica e voz.

Hate comparing artists but I believe this is the primo version of this beautiful song.

This is such a beautiful moving song. Thank you Judy , you sang this so beautifully.
Please listen to the song " It's not too late the writers". Thanks.

a fan since the mid 60s another perfect song with the perfect voice to sing it

one of the all time greats I never get tired of listening to her wonder voice may she go on for ever thank u for the load

my song at my wedding still lovely even though divorced the bitch now ha

Occiaballa sux & should have to explain why it pulled the comments colmn on cook with honey.
Reminds me of communism with that move of sensorship.

Down with censorship!!!
Why not relocate to Habana?

Better than Midler's and that was not bad at all. God Bless Judy Collins. AH, what the heck...God Bless Bette Midler too.

Two great artists

thank you

So much beautiful music, so many beautiful voices in this world. Judy has certainly contributed greatly to this world. I have loved Her voice for as long as I can remember. Thank You Judy !      God Bless all.    Kevin

That was absolutely beautiful. What a voice she has. So glad she shares it with the world.

There was an excellent NPR interview with this work`s composer and her sister a few years ago. Hearing it again makes me want to reinvestigate its origins. Thank you for a lovely post and its reminders.

I`m giving myself and my SBS (Senior Brain Syndrome) a thumbs down. There are 2 songs that begin with the words, "Some say". The one I dis-remembered, featured in an NPR interview with it`s composer and her sister was "Heart Like a Wheel" ...the sisters, Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Amanda McBroom composed the magical, "The Rose" and performs it as no one else can. It was good to have had all this straightened out, to be re-introduced to the McGarrigles and to have been enthralled by Ms. McBroom`s rendition of her own creation. Please excuse this old lady. My thanks are repeated more emphatically today.

if you knew any thing about gret music you could comment but you are a real mental midget

Michael Riley knights in white satin

What a gem! So good to hear a new take on a song that only promotes the Bette Midler version which, in my opinion, was never the best one! What a difference and what a vocal range Judy Collons has. So refreshing.

Belíssima voz angelical .
Estas rosas amarelas estabelecem a suavidade deste video.

More perfect than perfect, just like those flowers...

Amazing she never cease to amaze me.

tks love the music

Und Nicky u Natascha ...

Für Peggy ...

JUDY COLLINS- WE ALL LOVED YOU AND YOUR VOICE IN THE 60'S AND EVEN TODAY.
ALEXANDER FLEMING
WASH DC VA, USA
MAY 12, 2016

Include me in that I loved her so very much and miss her

Lolz Alexander Fleming died in 1955..He discovered penicillin....

Hermosa canción, una voz relajante.

I love Bette miller/but This version is also very lovely

MASTER, YOUR HIGHNESS, FORGIVE  MY UNCLEANLINESS, MAY I TASTE THE HONEY OF THE MASTERS LOVING MERCYAND FOREGIVENESS.MAY I BE WITH YOU. OH LORD

JERRY HILL Amem

Beautiful song for a lonesome heart.

Incredible voice.

Beautiful imagery,stirs the world of my soulful mind and drumbeating heart; isn't it what we all want after all ?!!?

I have always loved her voice, Judy Collins is the best. Thank you for the post.

A fantastic version of a wonderful song by a magnificent singer.

first time I have heard Judy sing this song and it is now on my favourites list Bloody Fantastic version

+john bethell : Yes, I wanted to add something  -  but you said the same exact thing for me - Thanks!

Pronoia... https://vimeo.com/121466720

What a  Beautiful voice, flowers and song!

I have never stopped loving the voice of Judy Collins what a beautiful rendition of the rose

Watch William Coopers Mystery Babylon series to learn the esoteric meaning of this song. 

Thats the reason I came here. That, and its just a pretty song if you switch off the old brain for a few minutes.

mystery babylon

I first heard this version on Bill Cooper's The Hour of The Time  and the meaning of it so long ago but such a hauntingly beautiful song by Judy Thank you Graceful Watchman

PS Foggy Dew-O was our duo ..made three albums with them ..and an overproduced version of Both side s now -once it was a hit record .!! thanks Dick !

have all Judy's albums 1960's 70's ..been happily seduced by her voice ever since..such feeling and spirit...pity Decca wouldn't let us record  'Both sides now' am unknown song by and unknown singer Joni Mitchell 1967...Dick Rowe who turned the beatles down -wouldn't let us record it despite having a contract for 3 years with them on the grounds it wasn;t commercial .!..now over 600 versions of the song .!!..full story on  my web www.granvilledclarke.co.uk......stay tuned and lucky GDC

Judy, will you marry me? Come to Montana, girl.

Some days, all the evil in the world gets me discouraged and sad.  Vocalists like Judy Collins and Natalie Merchant take me away for awhile.

+sailing95 Me too.

I've never heard this version, and in my favorite voice. 
I had a dream once about a lover who was afraid to surrender his heart. In the dream we would listen to some songs together, over and over, while lying beside one another. But he would not let the last song play and I wondered what were the words, what was the refrain, he did not want to hear. Finally once he let it go on and it was "The Rose". And he held me in his arms. 

No offense to Bette Midler but Judy Collins' version is absolutely the most beautiful song I have ever heard

Larry Johnson, couldn't agree more. The treasure that Judy has shared with us all is beyond gold. Good music never goes out of style. WHAT A VOICE!!!!!

I first heard Judy's version of this song over 25 years ago on a shortwave radio. At the time I didn't realize who it was. Judy Collins' voice is that of an angel Thank you Robert

One of your best Judy!

Красивая песня!!! Спасибо!!! Любви!! Мира!!!

Wonderful, wonderful..........

So beautiful,I had forgotten how beautiful and talented you are.

Very beautifully song and sung with soft passion Thank you Judy - Cheers

Beautyfull

such a beautiful voice....too bad she screwed up the song !!!

An absolute gem. Stunning. Beauty.

Absolutely beautiful

The loveliest. She brings back all the love of the sixties.

Żabko kochana
NIe szukałem kogoś z kim mógłbym być 
lecz kogoś takiego
 Bez kogo nie umiem żyć
A tym wyjątkowym kimś jesteś właśnie Ty
Przy Tobie jest mi dobrze
Przy Tobie są moje sny
Więc dziś kochanie 
Mówię Kocham Cię
W dniu imienin
Przesyłam kilka róz w tej ślicznej piosence
Wiesz że chciąłbym inaczej

Nice!!
Thanks!

Just beautiful.

the first of my favorite female folk singers 4EVER... I was a youth when first introduced to her beautiful angelic voice...

Judy could sing the White pages and it would be great.

Chorus: "Michael Hope...1234 East Street., Anytown, Kentucky 12345 (123) 555-1234"

(insert standing ovation here)

Lovely :-)

Beautiful.

My first time herein this song i love it ive heard conway every song by the old singers im only 19 i cant stop listening to it

Voz de um anjo, delicado e poderoso ao mesmo tempo.....espetacular.

an incredible musical instrument - what a unique voice.

Awesome !

her voice is angelic

Tearful that is

you accompanied me Judy through many rearful times.. lovely lady.

The best version. in my opinion.

I read Singing lessons Judy. I think I may know who you're singing about. I lived in Mpls from 80-90 and when I look at his picture I see him all over the city. Like a rose, he is blooming in the beyond. I will never meet you but you are one of my many musical heroes, and all of you have a place in my soul forever. Your voice is beyond the beyond. It really does it to me. boB

Have loved Judy's beautiful, crystal voice for more years thann I can remember (it was the Sixties, after all). Thanks for posting. Must say, this is a very different version than Bette Midler's.

Rosicrucian anthem! Where are the fire philosophers at?

Rosecroix!

Indeed dear friend! We will never have another Bill Cooper on Earth. RIP :( :(

It's a small world isn't it. The people who know what he knows will keep the mission alive.

Esoterically this is about the ancient knowledge of the rose and alchemy. It is about the rose and cross. #HOTT

what a wonderful song even my 2yr old daughter loves it

such a talent,what a splendid voice:)angel sing over us!listen'

What the people of the world need to understand to gain peace !

Namaste ~ Thank you

Thumbs up if William MIlton Cooper brought you here!

Judy vog enough sed ...

To the one I love,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Magnifique !

I came here to laugh at another artists attempt to cover Bette Middler. I shall leave here a different person...

So lovely! Thanks for sharing!

I heard that when this version was recorded in the studio, all of the session musicians applauded Judy after she finished singing. Apparently this never happens.

Stunning!