Dottie West Rose Garden Lyrics

Rose Garden Lyrics

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 growin' 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



[ guitar ]



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



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 talking about



So smile for a while...



I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden