Rose Garden Lyrics - Dottie West

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 growing 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 

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