Rose Garden

MORRISSEY Song
Name	(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
Writer	Joe South

Information

Original version by Lynn Anderson, covered by Morrissey live in concert

Lyrics

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain some time When you take you gotta give so live and let live Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa 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 beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain some time

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

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 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

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain some time, I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

Related Items

• TTY: Lynn Anderson comments on Morrissey - Morrissey-solo (Aug. 2, 2015)
• TTY: Lynn Anderson, RIP - Morrissey-solo (July 31, 2015)

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 2

Morrissey live history:

• Nashville, Tennessee 2015-07-03 (Morrissey concert)
• Phoenix, Arizona 2017-11-16 (Morrissey concert)

Appears On

• Low In High School
• All The Young People Must Fall In Love (single)