Lyrics Language: Scots Song writer/composer(s): Jimmy Webb
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Jimmy WebbMacArthur Park Lyrics:
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 striped pair of pants
I recall the yellow cotton dress
It was foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing
Checkers by the trees
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Oh, someone left the 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 no
There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Oh, 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
Little girl
I will take my life into my hands, I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes oh and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow 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
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Oh, someone left the 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 no, no
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Jimmy Webb MacArthur Park Lyrics Information:
MacARTHUR PARK 1
Written by: Jimmy Webb-1968
Vocals & piano by: Jimmy Webb 2 -1996
Appears on: Jimmy Webb: Ten Easy Pieces (Guardian, CD #52826)-1996 3 ; The Moon's
a Harsh Mistress, Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (Rhino Handmade, CD #7820)-2004;
Jimmy Webb: Archive & Live at the Albert Hall, 1972 (WEA Int'l, CD #273165)-2005;
Jimmy Webb Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Reprise, CD #Unk.)-2006 & Live & at
Large: Jimmy Webb in the UK (Jimmy Webb, CD #795875)-2007.
1 Originally intended as part of an cantata rejected by The Association, the
song was named after MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, California. Its lyrics, which
include the memorable line, "Someone left the cake out in the rain," are more
symbolic than descriptive. Because of its odd metaphors and sentimentality,
MacArthur Park has been a frequent target of parody and ridicule over the years.
In 1992, humorist Dave Barry 4 conducted a poll amongst his readers who selected
Richard Harris's version of "MacArthur Park" as the "Worst Lyrics Ever Recorded"
and the "Worst Overall Song."
2 Recorded first by Richard Harris in 1968, there are countless covers. Some of
them are: Ronnie Aldrich & His Two Pianos; Amen Corner; Ed Ames; Chet Atkins;
Long John Baldry; Beggars Opera; Tony Bennett; Glen Campbell; The Chicago
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Richard Clayderman; Ray Conniff; Vic Damone; Sammy
Davis, Jr.; Percy Faith; Michael Feinstein; Maynard Ferguson; The 5th Dimension;
The Four Tops; Justin Hayward (Moody Blues); Woody Herman & His Orchestra;
Ipanema Beach Orchestra; Horst Jankowski; Waylon Jennings; Howard Keel; Stan
Kenton & His Orchestra; The Letterman; The London Symphony Orchestra; Maureen
McGovern; Carmen McRae; Bette Middler; Liza Minnelli; Hugo Montenegro; 101
Strings Orchestra; Elaine Paige; The Panpipers; Los Pianos Barrocos; Psychotica;
Jerry Reed; Della Reese; The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra; Frank Sinatra; Donna
Summer; The Supremes; The Three Degrees; The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain;
Carrie Underwood; Jerry Vale; The Ventures; Andy Williams; Ed Wilson; Hugo
Winterhalter; Zumpano; et al.
3 Transcribed from the track on this album.
4 Dave Barry is an American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally
syndicated humor column for the The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also
written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.
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