I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Right along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain sometimes When you take gotta give So live and let live and let go 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 dont find roses Growin' on stalks of clover So you better think it over When sweet talking you Will make you come true I'd give you the world right now On a silver platter But what would it matter? So smile for a while Lets 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 Right along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain sometimes I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden I could sing you a tune And promise you the moon But if thats what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go But theres one thing I want you to know So look before you leap Still water runs deep And there wont always be someone there To pull you out And you know what im talking about So smile for a while And lets 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 Right along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain sometimes When you take you gotta give So live an live a little and let go oh oh oh I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Well I beg your pardon