i beg your pardon i never promised you a rose garden along with the sunshinethere's gotta be a little rain sometimes when you take you gotta give so live and let liveor let go i beg your pardon i never promised you a rose gardeni could promise you things like big diamond rings but you don't find roses growing onso you better think it overwell if sweet talking you could make it come truei would give you a rose gardenthe world right nowso smile for a while and let's be jollyi beg your pardon i never promised you a rose gardenalong with the sunshinethere's gotta be a little rain sometimesi beg your pardon i never promised you a rose gardeni could sing you a tune and promise you the moonbut if that's what it takes to hold you backand you'll get there the cry of yearningi beg your pardon i never promised you a rose gardenand i never promised you i'd sing you a songjust to sing to let you gobut there's one thing i want you to knowbefore you leap still waters run deepand there won't always be someone there to pull you outand you know what i'm talking aboutso smile for a while and let's be jollylove should be so neverreamthat's all that you gotCome along and share the good times while we canI beg your pardonI never promised you a rose gardenAlong with the sunshineThere's gotta be a little rain sometimeI beg your pardonI never promised you a rose garden