Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 1971 <br /> <br />I beg your pardon <br />I never promised you a rose garden <br />Along with the sunshine <br />there's gotta be a little rain sometime <br /> <br />When you take you gotta give <br />so live and let live or let go oh oh oh oh <br />I beg your pardon <br />I never promised you a rose garden <br /> <br />I could promise you things <br />like big diamond rings <br />But you don't find roses <br />growin' on stalks of clover <br />So you better think it over <br /> <br />Well, if sweet talking you <br />could make it come true <br />I would give you the world right now <br />on a silver platter <br />But what would it matter <br /> <br />So smile for a while and let's be jolly <br />love shouldn't be so melancholy <br />Come along and share the good times <br />while we can <br /> <br />I beg your pardon <br />I never promised you a rose garden <br />Along with the sunshine <br />there's gotta be a little rain sometime <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br />I beg your pardon <br />I never promised you a rose garden <br /> <br />I could sing you a tune <br />and promise you the moon <br />But if that's what it takes to hold you <br />I'd just as soon let you go <br />But there's one thing I want you to know <br /> <br />You'd better look before you leap <br />still waters run deep <br />And there won't always be someone there <br />to pull you out <br />And you know what I'm talking about <br /> <br />So smile for a while and let's be jolly <br />love shouldn't be so melancholy <br />Come along and share the good times <br />while we can <br /> <br />I beg your pardon <br />I never promised you a rose garden <br />Along with the sunshine <br />there's gotta be a little rain sometime <br /> <br />I beg your pardon
