Spring was never waiting for us,
girl, it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance,
Between the parted pages that were pressed,
A love hot fevered like a striped pair of pants,
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark, all the
sweet, green icing flowing down.
Someone left the cake out in the rain,
I don't think I could take it, `cause it took so long to bake it,
that recipe again, oh no!
I still see the yellow cotton dress foaming like
Around your knees, and the birds like tender
There will be another song for me,
There would be another dream for me,
Oh, I will drink the wine while it is warm,
And never let you catch me
But after all the loves of my life, after all the loves,
I would take my life into my
I will win the worship in their eyes,
I will have all the things that I desire,
and my passions flow like rivers in the sky,
And after the loves of my life,
after all the loves of my life,
You'll still gonna be the one.
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark, all the sweet,
green icing flowing down,
Someone left the cake out in the rain,
I don't think I can take it,
cause it took so long to bake it,
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh