Macarthur Park - Long John Baldry

Spring was never waitin', for us girl

It ran one step ahead

As we followed in the dance

Between the parted pages, that were pressed

In love’s hot fevered iron

Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur’s Park is meltin' through the dark

All the sweet green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don’t think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I’ll never have that recipe again

Oh, no

I recall the yellow cotton dress

Foamin' like a wave

On the ground around your knees

The birds, like tender babies in your hands

And the old men playing checkers

By the trees

MacArthur’s Park is meltin' through the dark

All the sweet green icing flowin' down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don’t think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I’ll never have that recipe again

Oh, no

There will be another song for me

For I will sing it

There will be another dream for me

Someone will bring it

I will drink the wine while it is warm

And never let you catch me lookin' at the sun

And after all the loves, of my life

After all the loves, of my life

You’ll still be the one

MacArthur’s Park is meltin' through the dark

All the sweet green icing flowin' down

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don’t think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I’ll never have that recipe again

Oh, no