I recall the yellow cotton dress
I will drink the wine while it is warm
There will be another dream for me

All the sweet, green icing flowing down
I don't think that I can take it
And never let you catch me looking at the sun

And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
I will have the things that I desire
Someone will bring it
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
'Cause it took so long to bake it
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
There will be another song for me
And after all the loves of my life
I don't think that I can take it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no
Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
Oh no, oh no, no, no, oh no

And I'll never have that recipe again
I'll be thinking of you and wondering why
On the ground around your knees
'Cause it took so long to bake it

Someone left the cake out in the rain
Between the parted pages

And were pressed in love's hot, fevered iron
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
Foaming like a wave
As we followed in the dance

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

For I will sing it

The birds like tender babies in your hands
Oh, after all the loves of my life
'Cause it took so long to bake it

After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one
Like a striped pair of pants
Someone left the cake out in the rain
And the old men playing checkers, by the trees