I beg your pardon
I didn't promise you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gonna be some rain sometime
(rain, rain, rain sometime)
So when you think you gotta go
so give live and let live
Or let go (let go)
I beg your pardon
I didn't promise 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 (think it over baby)
If sweet talkin' you would make it come true
I would 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 (please)
I didn't promise you a rose garden, hey!

I beg your pardon (please)
I didn't promise you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gonna be some rain sometime (rain, rain, rain sometime)
So when you think you gotta go
so give live and let live
Or let go (let go)
I beg your pardon
I didn't promise you a rose garden

I could bring the month of June
or promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I might as well let you go
There's one thing I want you to know
Look before you leap, the water runs deep
And there won't be someone there
To always pull you out, I know what I'm talkin' 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 (please)
I didn't promise you a rose garden, hey!

I beg your pardon (I beg your pardon)
I didn't promise you a rose garden