I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN

«I beg your pardon,/ I never promised you a rose garden./ Along with the sunshine, /There’s gotta be a little rain sometimes./ When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live, /Or let go./ 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.»

«I could sing you a tune or 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…»