March into Spring 2024
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
by Joe South
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you
a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there’s gotta be a little rain
sometime
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 growing
on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
If 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 your pardon,
I never promised you
a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain
sometime
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
talking 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
Yes, come along and share the good times
while we can . . .
I beg your pardon . . .