I never promised you a rose garden
there's gotta be a little rain sometime
When you take you gotta give,
so live and let live or let go
I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things
growing on sparks of clover
So you better think it over
you would make it come true
I would give you the world right now
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
I never promised you a rose garden,
It's gotta be a little rain
I never promised you a rose garden
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,
And there won't always be
someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
Oh, smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
I never promised you a rose garden
There's gotta be a little rain sometime,
I never promised you a rose garden