I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I could promise you things,
Like big diamond rings
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd as soon as let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
Oh, smile for a while and lets be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along, share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I said, Oh oh oh oh, I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

You never promised me a Rose Garden
You never said it would be easy
You never promised me a leisure lifetime
You only said you'd never leave me

CHORUS:
Well I never took the time to realize
How much I needed love in order to survive
I was so spoileda princess in my time
And your love was so deep
And mineso blind

You never promised me a ring made out of diamonds
A band of gold you said was all you could buy
You never said I'd be a rich man's lady
And oh my darlingno, you never lied

CHORUS:
Well I never took the time to realize
How much I needed love in order to survive
I was so spoileda princess in my time
And your love was so deep
And mineso blind

(SOLO)

And now you're goneand I'm alone, and I'm so lonely
Nothing seems to be the same
One day I turned around and you no longer loved me
In my life there's been a big change

NowI've a big house
With pillars standing tall all around
Yeah, and I've got a garden
And it's got roses dangling down to the ground
Yes, and I've got money
Men to love meand acres of land
Well, I've got all these things
All these things but a small gold band
On my fingeron my left hand
Oh noyou never promised
You never promisedme a Rose Garden