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 stripped
pair of pants
MacArthurs 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
that I can take it
'Cos it took
so long to bake it
And I'll never have
that recipe again
Oh no....
I recall
the yellow cotton dress
foaming like a wave
On the ground
around your knees
The birds like tender
babies in your hands
And the old
mail playing
checkers by the trees
MacArthurs 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
that I can take it
'Cos 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 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
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 have the things
that I desire
And my passion flows
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
MacArthurs 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
that I can take it
'Cos it took
so long to bake it
And I'll never have
that recipe again