MacArthur Park

Spring was never waiting for us, boy
It ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love' hot, fevered iron like a striped pair of pants

MacArthurs park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I dont think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And Ill never have that recipe again!
Oh, no-o-o-o!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Flowing like a wave on the ground around your knees
And birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthurs park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I dont think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And Ill never have that recipe again!
Oh, no-o-o-o!

There would be another song for me, for I will sing it
And there would be another dream for me someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm and never let you catch me looking at the sun
For after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life, youll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
But have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
But after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life, Ill be thinking of you
And wondering - Why?

MacArthurs park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I dont think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And Ill never have that recipe again!