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Along with the song shine
There's gotta be a lift Lorraine sometimes
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
Hey Ho Hardin!
I never promised you a hose garden.
I beg your pardon!
I never promised you a rose garden.
Editor's note: To the person who submitted this: "I never promised you" is NOT part of the title, at least in Lynn Anderson's recording of the song, which is from the 70s.
I beg your farmer
I beg your pardon
I beg your harden
I beg your pardon
I beg your pardon,
I never said you had a huge hard-on
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden
It's gonna be a little late sometimes
There's got to be a little rain sometimes
So smile for a while and let's be Charlie
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
So smile for a while and let's get shawty
So smile for a while and let's get jolly
So smile for a wide erection, darling
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
So smile for awhile and let's beat Johnny
So smile for a while and let's be jolly