"MacArthur Park" is a song that was recorded first by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris in 1968. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart.<br />It was written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb<br /><br />Spring was never waiting for us, girl<br />It ran one step ahead<br />As we followed in the dance<br />Between the parted pages and were pressed<br />In love's hot, fevered iron<br />Like a striped pair of pants<br />MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark<br />All the sweet, green icing flowing down<br />Someone left the cake out in the rain<br />I don't think that I can take it<br />'Cause it took so long to bake it<br />And I'll never have that recipe again<br />Oh no!<br />I recall the yellow cotton dress<br />Foaming like a wave<br />On the ground around your knees<br />The birds, like tender babies in your hands<br />And the old men playing checkers by the trees<br />MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark<br />All the sweet, green icing flowing down<br />Someone left the cake out in the rain<br />I don't think that I can take it<br />'Cause it took so long to bake it<br />And I'll never have that recipe again<br />Oh no!<br />There will be another song for me<br />For I will sing it<br />There will be another dream for me<br />Someone will bring it<br />I will drink the wine while it is warm<br />And never let you catch me looking at the sun<br />And after all the loves of my life<br />After all the loves of my life<br />You'll still be the one<br />I will take my life into my hands and I will use it<br />I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it<br />I will have the things that I desire<br />And my passion flow like rivers through the sky<br />And after all the loves of my life<br />Oh, after all the loves of my life<br />I'll be thinking of you<br />And wondering why<br />MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark<br />All the sweet, green icing flowing down<br />Someone left the cake out in the rain<br />I don't think that I can take it<br />'Cause it took so long to bake it<br />And I'll never have that recipe again<br />Oh no!<br />Oh no<br />No<br />Oh no!<br />Source: LyricFind<br />Songwriters: Jimmy Webb<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eSi9ZwlVGc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eSi9ZwlVGc</a>