What we're going to do now is a piece of musicwritten by the great American composer Jim Webb.It also features our wonderful orchestra behind me.The piece is called MacArthur Park.¶ Spring was never waiting for us here¶ 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 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 rest of me again¶¶¶ I don't think that I can take it¶ Oh no¶ I recall that yellow cotton dress¶ Foaming like a wave¶ On the ground around your knees¶¶¶¶ The birds like tender babies in your hand¶ And the old men playing checkers ¶ ¶ By the trees ¶¶ ¶¶ MacArthur 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 rest of me again ¶¶ Oh no¶¶¶ 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 flows like rivers to the sky ¶¶ And after all the loves of my life ¶¶ After all the loves of my life ¶¶ I'll be thinking of you ¶¶ And I'll be wondering why ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶This timeWe almost madeA piece of stoneDidn't we, girl?This timeWe almost madeSome sense of itDidn't we, girl?This timeI had the answerRight here in my handAnd ITouched itAnd it turnedTo sandThis timeWe almost sangOur song in tuneDidn't we, girl?This timeWe almost made itTo the moonDidn't we, girl?This timeWe almost madeThat poem rhymeAndThis timeTo this timeWe almost madeThat longA hard lifeDidn't weAlmost make itDidn't weDidn't weDidn't weAlmost make itThisTimeThis timeTo youWe almost madeYou don't goNowhereCompletelyYou don't knowNot花The sweet green ice is flowing downSomeone left the cake out in the rainI don't think that I can take itCause it took so long to bake itAnd I'll never have that recipe againOh noOh noOh noOh noOh no