Spring was never waiting for us girl, It ran one step ahead and We followed in a dance. Between the parted pages And were pressed in Love's hot fevered iron Like a pair of striped pants. MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down. Someone left the crack out in the rain, And I don't think I can take it, 'Cause it took so long to bake it. And I'll never find the recipe again, Oh, no. I still see the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave on the ground Around your knees. And the birds like tender babies In your hand and the old men playing Checkers by the trees. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down. Someone left the crack out in the rain, I don't think I can take it, 'Cause it took so long to bake it. And I'll never find the recipe again, Oh, no. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down. Someone left the crack out in the rain, I don't think I can take it, 'Cause it took so long to bake it. And I'll never find the recipe again, Oh, no.