I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine,

There`s gotta be a little rain sometime
When you take you gotta give
So live and let live and let go oh oh oh oh
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

Growin` 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 gotta 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`d 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 gotta be a little rain sometime

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine,
There`s gotta be a little rain sometime.