Rose Garden Lyrics - Classic Masters - Joe South

I beg your pardon 

I never promised you a rose garden 

Along with the sunshine 

There's gotta be a little rain some time 

When you take you gotta give so live and let live 

Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa 

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' on stalks of clover 

So you better think it over 

Well if sweet-talkin' 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 

refrain: 

I beg your pardon 

I never promised you a rose garden 

Along with the sunshine 

There's gotta be a little rain some time 

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 waters run deep 

And there won't always be someone there to pull you out 

And you 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 

refrain