It's so hard to fight a memory

Only time can be a healer of the past

And the thorns of love are many

When they're clingin' to a love that didn't last

Yesterday is over and his memory

Will fade away with time

So I'll accept a rose and just be patient

Till all your love is mine



I can take the thorns if there's

Just an occasional rose

I can bear the pain for a while

Even though my heart knows

You'll be thinkin' of him when

We're makin' love, it always shows

I can take the thorns if there's

Just an occasional rose



The road of love is rocky and

Behind the blue sky there's a thousand storms

But a smile or a touch or a love word's

Like a rose among the thorns

When you say you love me

It erases all the worries on my mind

'Cause you'll be with me tonight

For a little while his memory's left behind



I can take the thorns if there's

Just an occasional rose

I can bear the pain for a while

Even though my heart knows

You'll be thinkin' of him when

We're makin' love, it always shows

I can take the thorns if there's

Just an occasional rose



I can take the thorns if there's

Just an occasional rose