Spring was never waiting for us, girl

It ran one step ahead

As we followed in the dance

Between the parted pages and were pressed

In love's hot fevered iron

Like a striped pair of pants



I recall the yellow cotton dress

It was foaming 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 Park is melting in the dark

All the sweet green icing flowing down

Oh, someone left the cake out in the rain

And 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, oh no



There will be another song for me

For I will sing it

There will be another dream for me

Oh, someone will bring it



I will drink the wine while it is warm

And never let you catch me looking at the sun

And after all the loves of my life

After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one

Little girl



I will take my life into my hands, I will use it

I will win the worship in their eyes oh and I will lose it

I will have the things that I desire

And my passion flow like rivers through the sky



And after all the loves of my life

After all the loves of my life

I'll be thinking of you

And wondering why



MacArthur Park is melting in the dark

All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Oh, someone left the cake out in the rain

And 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, oh no, no

Writer : JIMMY WEBB
Copyright : Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group