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

man 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