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