MacArthur Park

Album: Live and More (1978)
Charted: 5 1
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  • Spring was never waiting for us, dear
    It ran one step ahead
    As we followed in the dance

    MacArthur's 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
    'Cause 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 beneath your knees
    The birds, like tender babies in your hands
    And the old men playing Chinese checkers by the trees

    MacArthur's 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
    'Cause it took so long to bake it
    And I'll never have that recipe again
    Oh, no

    MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
    All the sweet, green icing flowing down
    Someone left my cake out in the rain
    And 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, oh Writer/s: Jimmy Webb
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Tc from Palm SpringsOn March 28 2025, American Alysa Liu won the gold medal in the World Figure Skating Championships skating to Donna Summer’s MacArthur Park Suite. She became the first American woman to win that title in 19 years.
  • Jon from NyI'm so glad that Donna Summer's version of this went to #1, but chagrinned that it's in such a severely edited (3:54) version. The promo single ends at 6:25, if the label had had ANY balls whatsoever, they would have serviced this version to radio (the 45 of "I Feel Love" ran 5:53; granted most radio stations made their own edits to 3-1/2 minutes). I myself have made a standalone edit of the song which cuts to the reprise, but clocks in at 8:20, which is my preferred version to hear when I'm not listening to the complete suite.
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