Rose Garden

I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden

Along with the sunshine

There's got to be a little rain sometime

Now, when you take, you got to give

So live and let live or let go, oh no no no

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 fields of clover

So you better think it over

Yes, if sweet talking you would make it come true

And I give you the world right now

On a silver platter

But it wouldn't really 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 got to be a little rain sometime

Now, when you take, you got to give

So live and let live or let go, oh no no no

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 I 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 got to be a little rain sometime

Now, when you take, you got to give

So live and let live or let go, oh no no no

I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden

I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden

• Artist:Joe South