Big Yellow Taxi

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot [Chorus] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Verse 2] They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum And then they charged the people a dollar-and-a-half just to see 'em [Chorus] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Verse 3] Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please [Chorus] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Verse 4] Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man [Chorus] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot [Chorus] I said, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot