Spring was never waiting for us, dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the (my) cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to back it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
Birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing Chinese checkers
By the trees
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the (my) cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to back it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing lowing down
Someone left the (my) cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
Cause it took that I can take it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no