The Negro Problem – MacArthur Park Lyrics

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead and we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and we're pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron like a pair of striped pants
Yeah

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing falling down
Someone left that crack out in the rain
I don't think that I could take it
('Cause it took so long to bake it)
And I'll never find that recipe again, no, no

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave on the ground around the leaves
And the birds like tender babies in your hands
And old men playing checkers by the trees
Yeah

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing falling down
Someone left that crack out in the rain
I don't think that I could take it
('Cause it took so long to bake it)
And I'll never find that recipe again, no, no

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing falling down
Someone left that crack out in the rain
I don't think that I could take it
('Cause it took so long to bake it)
And I'll never find that recipe again, no, no