I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's got to be a little rain sometime And when you take you got to give So live and let live Or let go nah, nah, nah 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' in fields of clover So you better think it over If sweet-talkin' you would make it come true Then I'd give you the world right now on a silver platter But it really wouldn't 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 sometime Now, when you take you got to give So live and let live Or let go nah, nah, nah 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 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 I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's got to be a little rain sometime Now, when you take you got to give So live and let live Or let go nah, nah, nah I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden