I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, oh-my my my
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
If sweet-talkin' you would make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
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 some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, my
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go
There's one thing I want you to know
Look before you leap, still water runs deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
I know what I'm talkin' about
So just 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 some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, oh
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
You've got to take it, the good with the bad
Sometimes you're happy, oh, sometimes you're sad
Girl if you want me
You've got to sacrifice....
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, oh-my my my
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
If sweet-talkin' you would make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
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 some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, my
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go
There's one thing I want you to know
Look before you leap, still water runs deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
I know what I'm talkin' about
So just 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 some time
Now when you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go, oh
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
You've got to take it, the good with the bad
Sometimes you're happy, oh, sometimes you're sad
Girl if you want me
You've got to sacrifice....