MACARTHUR’S PARK DONNA SUMMER 

 

la la la la la# la sol fa la/ Spring was never waiting for us , dear  

la la# la sol fa sol / It ran one step ahead  

sol sol sol sol fa re# re re/ As we followed in the dance  

re la la la la la# la sol fa la/ Between the parted pages and were pressed  

la la# la sol fa sol sol / In love's hot , fevered iron  

sol sol sol sol fa re# re re / Like a striped pair of pants  

 

mi sol sol sol sol la sol fa mi sol / Macarthur's park is melting in the dark  

mi mi fa mi re do sol la la# / All the sweet , green icing flowing down  

la la la la la# la# la sol fa la / Someone left the cake out in the rain  

la si DO DO DO DO si RE DO / I don't think that I can take it  

la si DO DO DO si RE DO / 'Cause it took so long to bake it  

la si DO DO DO DO RE DO DO RE MI / And I'll never have that recipe again  

FA SOL / Oh , no!  

 

la la la la la# la la sol la / I recall the yellow cotton dress  

la# la fa fa sol / Foaming like a wave  

sol sol sol fa fa re# re re / On the ground beneath your knees  

re la la la la la# la sol fa la / The birds , like tender babies in your hands  

la la# la# la sol sol sol sol re# re re / And the old men playing chinese checkers by the trees  

 

mi sol sol sol sol la sol fa mi sol / Macarthur's park is melting in the dark  

mi mi fa mi re do sol la la# / All the sweet , green icing flowing down  

la la la la la# la# la sol fa la / Someone left the cake out in the rain  

la si DO DO DO DO si RE DO / I don't think that I can take it  

la si DO DO DO si RE DO / 'Cause it took so long to bake it  

la si DO DO DO DO RE DO DO RE MI / And I'll never have that recipe again  

FA SOL / Oh , no!  

 

la la la la la sol fa sol la / There will be another song for me  

sol fa sol la fa / For I will sing it  

sol sol sol sol sol fa mi fa sol / There will be another dream for me  

fa mi fa sol do / Someone will bring it  

la DO RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE / I will drink the wine while it is warm  

RE RE RE RE RE DO la# DO la# la la# DO / And never let you catch me looking at the Sun  

la RE RE RE RE RE DO la# DO RE / And after all the loves of my life  

la la la la la sol fa fa sol la / After all the loves of my life  

la# la# la sol fa sol / You'll still be the one  

 

fa sol la la la sol fa sol la sol fa sol la fa / I will take my life into my hands and I will use it  

sol sol sol sol sol fa mi fa sol fa mi fa sol do / I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it  

la DO RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE / I will have the things that I desire  

RE RE MI RE DO la# DO la# la la# DO / And my passion flow like rivers through the sky  

la la# la# la# la# la# la# sol la la# / And after all the loves of my life  

la la la la la la fa sol la / After all the loves of my life  

la# la sol sol fa sol / I'll be thinking of you  

sol sol fa mi la / And wondering why ... 

 

mi sol sol sol sol la sol fa mi sol / Macarthur's park is melting in the dark  

mi mi fa mi re do sol la la# / All the sweet , green icing flowing down  

la la la la la# la# la sol fa la / Someone left the cake out in the rain  

la si DO DO DO DO si RE DO / I don't think that I can take it  

la si DO DO DO si RE DO / 'Cause it took so long to bake it  

la si DO DO DO DO RE DO DO RE MI / And I'll never have that recipe again  

FA SOL / Oh , no! 

 

FA SOL /Oh , no!  

SOL SOL / No , no!  

FA SOL / Oh no!