A Rose Is a Rose

You're at a standstill
You're at an impasse
Your mountains 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 you 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 just keep your heart
Steady as she goes
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
But 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 just keep your heart
Steady as she goes
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, oh...

To deal with the scoffers
Well, it's part of the bargain
They heckle from backrows
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
Oh, a rose by any name is still a rose