They say you're a fool they feel you resisting They tell you you'll never go very far But they'll be the same ones that stand in the distance And fall in the shadow of your shining star. Just keep on the same road and keep on your toes 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 kindess of strangers it seems like a fable But they get to seek what I see That 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 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 A rose is a rose is a rose. Deal with the scoffers is part of the bargain They heckle from backrows and they bark at the moon The flowers are fading in times bitter garden But yours is only beginning to bloom. Just keep on the same road and keep on your toes Just keep your heart steady as she goes And let them call you what they will And just remember a rose by any name is still a rose. A rose by any name is still a rose...