Lyric Rose Garden

(Joe South)

I beg you pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there s gotta be a little rain sometimes
When you take you got to give so live and let live or let go
I beg you 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
When it s 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 you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there s gotta be a little rain sometimes.

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I beg you 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.

Look before you leap
Still waters run deep
And 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 you pardon, I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there s gotta be a little rain sometimes.

I beg you pardon, I never promised you a rose garden...