[00:01.680] Rose Garden [00:02.700] Lynn Anderson [00:03.720] (peak Billboard position # 3 in 1971) [00:04.680] Words and Music by Joe South [00:06.320] I beg your pardon [00:09.450] I never promised you a rose garden [00:13.660] Along with the sunshine [00:16.980] There's gotta be a little rain some time [00:21.110] When you take you gotta give so live and let live [00:24.220] Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa [00:27.770] I beg your pardon [00:30.730] I never promised you a rose garden [00:36.280] I could promise you things like big diamond rings [00:39.700] But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover [00:46.140] So you better think it over [00:50.160] Well if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true [00:54.620] I would give you the world right now on a silver platter [01:00.370] But what would it matter [01:03.950] So smile for a while and let's be jolly [01:08.890] Love shouldn't be so melancholy [01:12.610] Come along and share the good times while we can [01:21.090] I beg your pardon [01:21.740] I never promised you a rose garden [01:25.420] Along with the sunshine [01:27.870] There's gotta be a little rain some time [01:41.220] I beg your pardon [01:43.190] I never promised you a rose garden [01:48.560] I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon [01:52.040] But if that's what it takes to hold you [01:54.650] I'd just as soon let you go [01:58.230] But there's one thing I want you to know [02:01.830] You better look before you leap, still waters run deep [02:05.670] And there won't always be someone there to pull you out [02:10.260] And you know what I'm talkin' about [02:16.400] So smile for a while and let's be jolly [02:20.940] Love shouldn't be so melancholy [02:24.960] Come along and share the good times while we can [02:30.720] I beg your pardon [02:33.160] I never promised you a rose garden [02:38.110] Along with the sunshine [02:41.530] There's gotta be a little rain some time