A Rose is a Rose

You're at a standstill
You're at an impass
Your mountain of dreams
Seems harder to climb
By those who have made you
Feel like an outcast
Cause you dare to be different
So they're drawing a line.

They say you're a fool
They feed your resistance
They tell you you'll never
  go very far;
But they'll be the same ones
That stand in the distance
Alone in the shadow
Of your shining star

Just keep on the same road
And keep on your toes
And let them call you
  what they will
It don't matter
A rose by any name is 
  still a rose

The kindness of strangers
It seems like a fable
But they've yet to see
What I see in you...
That you can make it
If you are able
To believe in yourself
The way I do

Just keep on the same road
And keep on your toes
And let them call you
  what they will
It don't matter
A rose by any name is 
  still a rose.

Cause a deal is a deal
In the heart of the dream
And a spade is a spade
If you know what I mean
And a rose is a rose 
  is a rose...

To deal with the scoffers
Well, it's part of the bargain
They heckle from back rows
And they bark at the moon
Their flowers are fading
In time's bitter garden
But yours is only
Beginning to bloom

So keep on that same road
And keep on your toes
And just keep your heart
  steady as she goes...
And let them call you
  what they will,
Just remember
A rose by any name is
  still a rose.

~J. Wayne/S. Ashton

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