I never promised you a rose garden
There's gotta be a little
When you take you gotta give
So live and let live or let go
I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things
So you better think it over
you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now
But what would it matter?
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
I never promised you a rose garden
There's gotta be a little rain
I never promised you a rose garden
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
And there won't always be someone there
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
I never promised you a rose garden
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I never promised you a rose garden
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes