☆マッカーサー・パーク♪リチャード・ハリス!(ジミー・ウェブの大傑作)【映像付】アルバム「トランプ・シャイニング」
☆ポピュラー音楽史上、最高傑作のひとつ、リチャード・ハリスの『マッカーサー・パーク』、当時20歳そこそこの青年だった天才”ジミー・ウェブ”が作詞・作曲・編曲・プロデュースし、英国のシェイクスピア俳優;リチャード・ハリスが歌って’68年に大ヒットした7分を超える一大叙事詩で組曲風の超大作となっている。その後もたちまちスタンダードナンバーとなり多くの有名アーティストによって歌われている。この『マッカーサー・パーク』を含むリチャード・ハリスのジミー・ウェブ作品集アルバム『トランプ・シャイニング』が4月27日にリマスターされ国内発売されることになった。『MACARTHUR PARK』RICHARD HARRISSpring was never waiting for us, girlIt ran one step aheadAs we followed in the danceBetween the parted pages and were pressedIn love's hot, fevered ironLike a striped pair of pantsMacArthur's Park is melting in the darkAll the sweet green icing flowing downSomeone left the cake out in the rainI don't think that I can take it'Cause it took so long to bake itAnd I'll never have that recipe againOh, noI recall the yellow cotton dressFoaming like a waveOn the ground around your kneesThe birds, like tender babies in your handsAnd the old men playing checkers By the treesMacArthur's Park is melting in the darkAll the sweet green icing flowing downSomeone left the cake out in the rainI don't think that I can take it'Cause it took so long to bake itAnd I'll never have the recipe againOh, noThere will be another song for meFor I will sing itThere will be another dream for meSomeone will bring itI will drink the wine while it is warmAnd never let you catch me looking at the sunAnd after all the loves of my lifeAfter all the loves of my lifeYou'll still be the oneI will take my life into my hands And I will use itI will win the worship in their eyes And I will lose itI will have the things that I desireAnd my passion flow like rivers through the skyAnd after all the loves of my lifeOh, after all the loves of my lifeI'll be thinking of youAnd wondering whyMacArthur's Park is melting in the darkAll the sweet green icing flowing downSomeone left the cake out in the rainI don't think that I can take it'Cause it took so long to bake itAnd I'll never have that recipe againOh, noOh, noNo, noOh, no ◆Lyrics,Music,Arranged,Produced by Jimmy Webb