I beg
your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine,
there's got to be a little rain sometime
If you take it, got to keep the living,
let it live or let go
I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things
like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses
growing on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
When it's sweet talking
you can make it come true
I would give you the world right now
on a silver platter
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
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'll just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I
want you to know
You better look before you leap,
still waters run deep
And you don't always have
someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
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 sometime