Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 1970

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, 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
growin' on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
Well, if sweet talkin' 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 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 talkin' 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