I beg your pardon   I never promised you a rose garden   along with the sunshine    there's got to be a little rain sometimes   when you take you got to 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 growing on stocks of clover   so better think it over      Well if sweet talking you would 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   along with the sunshine   there's got to 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 water runs 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 on 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 sometimes.