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 spoiled...a princess in my time

And your love was so deep

And mine...so 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 darling...no, you never lied



CHORUS:

Well I never took the time to realize

How much I needed love in order to survive

I was so spoiled...a princess in my time

And your love was so deep

And mine...so blind



(SOLO)



And now you're gone...and 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



Now...I've a big house

With pillars standing tall all around

Yeah, and I've got a garden

And it's g