Lynn Rene Anderson 은 1947년 North Dakota 의 Grand Forks 에서 출생,
19세인 1966년에 Ride,Ride,Ride 로 데뷰하자마자
극찬을 받은 미국 컨츄리 크로스오버 아티스트.
1970년대를 대표하는 컨튜리송 디바.
컨츄리뮤직 최고의 보칼리스트로 2회나 수상,
1974년엔 American Music Award 도 수상했다.
이곡은 발표와 동시 선풍적 인기를 누렸으며
그녀를 세계의 컨트리 디바로 우뚝서게 한 대표곡.
미국 컨트리뮤직 역사 100곡에 선정되어졌다.
Rose Garden
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes. When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,Or let go.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.
(repeat) I could sing you a tune or 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
