They say you're a fool they feel you resisting<br />
They tell you you'll never go very far<br />
But they'll be the same ones that stand in the distance<br />
And fall in the shadow of your shining star.<br />
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Just keep on the same road and keep on your toes<br />
Just keep your heart steady as she goes<br />
And let them call you what they will<br />
It don't matter a rose by any name is still a rose.<br />
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The kindess of strangers it seems like a fable<br />
But they get to seek what I see<br />
That you can make it if you are able<br />
To believe in yourself the way I do.<br />
<br />
Just keep on the same road and keep on your toes<br />
Just keep your heart steady as she goes<br />
And let them call you what they will<br />
It don't matter a rose by any name is still a rose.<br />
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'Cause a deal is a deal in the heart of the dream<br />
And a spade is a spade if you know what I mean<br />
A rose is a rose is a rose.<br />
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Deal with the scoffers is part of the bargain<br />
They heckle from backrows and they bark at the moon<br />
The flowers are fading in times bitter garden<br />
But yours is only beginning to bloom.<br />
<br />
Just keep on the same road and keep on your toes<br />
Just keep your heart steady as she goes<br />
And let them call you what they will<br />
And just remember a rose by any name is still a rose.<br />
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A rose by any name is still a rose...</