If people dressed in colours    According to their deeds    Then many leading men    Would dress in black    And lots of unsung heroes    Who never made a name    Would be walking round    With gold upon their backs    -------    CHORUS:    Heaven knows    You're a rose    And the love inside your heart    Just grows and grows    No one sees    I suppose    That it's something only me    And heaven knows    -------    If people were like flowers    Imagine what you'd see    Thorns in highest places    Where the roses ought to be    And down along the hedgerows    Among the grasses tall    You would find the sweetest    Roses of them all    -------    REPEAT CHORUS:    If people were like music    Some hearts would never sing    Think of all the happiness    A song like yours could bring    You fill the life I'm living    With love and harmony    And you're the sweetest song    I'll ever see    -------    REPEAT CHORUS TWICE:    That it's something only me    And heaven knows