I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden

Along with the sunshine

There's got to be a

little rain sometime

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 stalks of clover

So you better think it over

Well if sweet talking you

could make it come true

I would 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 sometime

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 waters run deep

And there won't always be

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

I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden