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Song «MacArthur Park» von Richard Harris.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1968 04 (Album), 1968 05 (Single)
Label: Dunhill DS 50032, Dunhill 45-4134
Songwriter Jimmy Webb
Produktion: Jimmy Webb
Genre: Pop - Progressivepop - Baroquepop
Annotationen
«McArthur Park» gehört in das am meisten bevölkerte Viertel in Song-City: Song-City ist die Stadt, in der alle Songs irgendwo zuhause sind. Das Viertel heisst: «Love lost». Ein Mann sitzt im Park und hängt einer verlorenen Liebe nach. Er war hier mit ihr und jetzt schaut er mit feuchten Augen in die Natur hinaus. Sie verschwimmt. Und wie in einem Hollywood-Film beginnt es auch noch zu regnen. Jemand hat einen Kuchen im Regen stehen gelassen, was eine mehr als schräge Metapher ist, aber die Folgesätze sind umwerfend: «Jemand hat den Kuchen im Regen stehen lassen / Das ist so unerträglich / Denn ich brauchte so lange, um ihn zu backen / Und ich werde das Rezept dafür nie mehr finden.»
Personen und Querverweise
Richard Harris
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Lyrics
Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one step ahead As we followed in the dance Between the parted pages We were pressed In love's hot, fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants Mac Arthur'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, nooo! I recall the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave On the ground beneath your knees Birds like tender babies in your hands And the old men playing Chinese checkers By the trees Mac Arthur'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, nooo! There'll be another song for me And I will sing it There'll 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, oh yeah And after all the loves of my life After all loves in my life You'll 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 Oh and after all the loves in my life After all the loves in my life You'll still be the one And I'll ask myself why Mac Arthur'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