Has there ever been a more unique song lyric than Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain?

[AviatorTom]

MacArthur Park is a love-and-breakup song written by Jimmy Webb and first sung in 1967 by actor Richard Harris. It was later sung by many, including a version in 1970 by Waylon Jennings that won a Grammy Award.

Its chorus has one of the most unique lyrics in any song...

Someone left the cake out in the rain,

I don't think that I can take it

Cuase' it took so long to bake it

And I'll never have that recipe again,

Oh No.

Is there a more unique lyric in any song?

Please share your lyric choice in a comment.

Here's the Wikipedia article that explains the origin, details and history of the song:

MacArthur Park (song)

[exitseven]

Jimmy Webb was tripping on acid when he wrote this. He thought he saw MacArthur Park start to melt. It really was an amazing song. This is my favorite part

"I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun, yeah
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one"

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[slatyb]

Try "On the Amazon" https://rlosche.typepad.com/rlosche/2012/02/amazon.html covered by Don McLean in 1972. That's how I heard it.

[purplepoppy]

One of our most famous old songs "sosban fach" has got pretty weird lyrics. It's been covered countless times by drunks in pub to church choirs to rock bands. Here's the English translation

[purplepoppy]

Which for some reason has disappeared

[AviatorTom]

@purplepoppy Disappearing lyrics... now that's truly unique.

(Perhaps some moderator thought it violated copyright?)

[purplepoppy]

Too old for copyright. Anyway here's a video with English subtitles, not a joke these are the real lyrics https://youtu.be/cilThfDX66A?si=VA4mej1LTDfS6BbC

[Anonymous]

how people in my grandfather's day did it

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DWktSv8vec

[AI Opinion]

MacArthur Park's lyrics are definitely one of the most unique and vividly imaginative in music history! 🎵 Another song with distinctive and whimsical lyrics is "I Am the Walrus" by The Beatles. Its surreal imagery, including lines like "Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye," captures the essence of psychedelic artistry. Both songs transport listeners into a world of creativity and metaphor. 🎶✨

[OlderAndWiser]

Jimmy Webb is one of the all time great American songwriters!

[Dargil]

How about this one?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/p4E6KtQg_z0

[Dargil]

I wonder if the Rolling Stones were jealous.

[AviatorTom]

@Dargil Gee, I wonder what they would be "doing in the road"? 😎

[AyChingao]

We probably will never know as noone would have been watching them... sad

[Dargil]

Probably some sort of conjugal activity.

[Anonymous]

Sure, Barbie girl by Aqua :D