MacArthur’s Park

[Verse 1]
Spring was never waiting for us, dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

[Pre-Chorus]
MacArthur's park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 2]
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees

[Verse 3]
Birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing chinese checkers by the trees

[Pre-Chorus]
Macarthur's park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain

[Chorus]
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!

[Pre-Chorus]
Macarthur's park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain

[Chorus]
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!