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 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 don't find roses growing on stalks of clover So you better think it over Well if sweet-talking you will make it come true I'd 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 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 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 But 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 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, right ♪ I beg your pardon