MacArthur Park -- Donna Summer -- Lyrics

MacArthur Park -- Donna Summer

Charted: 1978
Peaked at #1 (3 weeks)
Casablanca -- 939
From the album "Live And More"
B-Side "Once Upon A Time"

Spring was never waiting for us, dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

Chorus:
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left my 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

Chorus x 2