Rose Garden
 

Written by S. Nicks

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 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 Well, I never took the time to realize How much I needed love in order to survive Well, I was so spoiled...a princess in my time And your love was so deep And mine so blind 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 got roses dangling down to the ground Yes, and I've got money Men to love me and acres of land Well, I've got all these things All these things but a small gold band On my finger on my left hand On my finger on my left hand No, no, you never promised You never promised me a rose garden

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Stevie wrote this song before FM, even before Buckingham Nicks, when she was just a teenager. Still, it's eerily prophetic. Here she is, wealthy and famous beyond her wildest dreams. She DOES have "a big house...money...men to love [her] and acres of land" but still no "small gold band". She's said in interviews that not having her own family was the price she had to pay for fame, and this song definitely fits her life now although she wrote it all those years ago.

 

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