I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There has to be a little rain sometime

When you take, you gotta 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 in stalks of clover
So you better think it over
If sweet talking then you could make it come true
I could 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 has 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
If that's what it takes to hold you
Then I'd just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
Look before you leap, still waters run deep
There won't always be
Someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about

So smile for a while, 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 has to be a little rain sometime