MacArthur Park (Revisited)

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
But I don't think that I can take it
Lord, it took so long to bake it
I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no

[Verse 2]
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
And birds like tender babies in your hands
The old men playing checkers by the trees

[Chorus]
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
But I don't think that I can take it
Lord, it took so long to bake it
I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no

[Verse 3]
There will be another song for me
And I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will taste the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking in the sun
But after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll 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
I will let my passions flow like rivers from the sky
But after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll still be alone
And wondering why

[Chorus]
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
But I don't think that I can take it
Lord, it took so long to bake it
I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no
No
Oh no