I beg your pardon I never
promised you a
rose garden
along with the sunshine
there's got to be
a little rain sometimes
when you take you got to
give so live and
let live or let go
I beg your pardon I never
promised you a
rose garden
I could promise you things
like big diamond rings
but you don't find roses
growing on stocks
of clover so you better think it over
well if sweet talking
you would make it come true
I'd give you the world
right now on a silver platter
but what would it matter
so smile for a while
and let's be jolly
love shouldn't be so melancholy
come along and share
the good times
while we can
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
along with the sunshine
there's got to be
a little rain sometimes
I beg your pardon
I never promised you
a rose garden
I could sing you a tune and
promise you the moon
but if that's what
it takes to hold you I'd
just as soon let you go
but there's one thing
I want you to know
you better look before you
leap still water
runs deep and there
won't always be someone
there to pull you out
and you know what
I'm talkin' about
so smile for a while and
let's be jolly love
shouldn't be so
melancholy
come on and share
the good times while we can
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a
rose garden
along with the sunshine
there's got to be
a little rain sometimes
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a
rose garden