I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden 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 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 growin' on stalks of clover So you better think it over Well, if sweet talking 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 I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden I beg your pardon I never promised you, oh, a rose garden