MacArthur Park - Richard Harris: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

MacArthur Park

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MacArthur Park was released on January 1, 1968 by Geffen* as a part of the album A Tramp Shining

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Richard Harris

Vocals

Hal Blaine

Drums

Jimmy Horn

Saxophone

Joe Osborn

Bass

Jules Chaikin

Trumpet

Larry Knechtel

Keyboards

Mike Deasy

Guitar

Tommy Tedesco

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jimmy Layne Webb

Jimmy Layne Webb

Songwriter

Sid Sharp

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Webb

Producer

Peter Himmelman

Peter Himmelman

Engineer

William F. Williams

William F. Williams

Recording Supervisor

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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 no

[Verse 2]

I recall the yellow cotton dress

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

[Chorus]

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 no

[Bridge]

There will be another song for me

For I will sing it

There will 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

[Bridge]

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 in my life, I'll be thinking of you

And wondering why

[Chorus]

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 no

Oh no

Written by: Jimmy Layne Webb

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