Written by: Jimmy Webb
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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
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 noooooo
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
Birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing 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
There would be another song for me
For I will sing it
There would be another dream for me
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
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes 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
Oh, after all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you - and wondering why
Singers:
1. Richard Harris (billboard hot 100) April 1968 2. Larry Carlton 1968 3. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1968 4. Carmen McRae 1968 5. Liza Minnelli February 1969 6. Waylon Jennings and The Kimberlys July 1969 7. Tony Bennett December 22, 1969 8. Jerry Vale 1969 9. The Ray Charles Singers 1969 10. Hugo Montenegro 1969 11. Long John Baldry 1969 12. Amen Corner 1969 13. The Three Degrees July 1970 14. Glen Campbell August 1970 15. The Ventures October 1970 16. The Travellers 1970 17. Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins 1970 18. The Revells 1970 19. The Templeton Twins 1970 20. Four Tops August 1971 21. Los Blues November 1971 22. Larry McNeely 1971 23. Tom Clay 1971 24. Dionne Warwicke April 1972 25. Andy Williams June 14, 1972 26. Buddy Greco 1972 27. Sammy Davis Jr. 1972 28. Beggars Opera 1972 29. Lettermen 1973 30. Waylon Jennings June 1976 31. Ronnie Aldrich, His Pianos and Orchestra with The Ladybirds 1977 32. Donna Summer August 31, 1978 33. Top of the Pops September 30, 1978 34. The Links 1978 35. The Burtons 1979 36. Frank Sinatra March 1980 37. Peter Hofmann 1982 38. Elaine Paige 1985 39. Justin Hayward October 4, 1989 40. Wayne Kramer 1991 41. Goober & The Peas August 1992 42. Amii Stewart 1994 43. The Mike Flowers Pops 1995 44. Jimmy Webb 1996 45. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain 2003 46. Gerard Joling 2004 47. Jeff Duff Band 2006 48. Diana Ross & The Supremes April 29, 2008 49. Maureen McGovern April 29, 2008 50. Only Men Aloud November 24, 2008 51. Yuki Koyanagi July 25, 2012 52. Akiko Uesugi 2012 53. Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway 2012 54. Jimmy Webb featuring Brian Wilson September 10, 2013 55. Nancy Sinatra December 3, 2013
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