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