Intro: I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta' be a little rain some time When you take you gotta' give so live and let live Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden verse 1 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 Well if sweet-talkin' you could 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 Bridge I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine Girl there's gotta be a little rain some time Interlude verse 2 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 And there won't always be someone there girl 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 along and share the good times while we can.. Outro I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain some time A little bit of rain