Big Yellow Taxi

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Adam Duritz] They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot [Chorus: Adam Duritz] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Post-Chorus: Vanessa Carlton] Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop [Verse 2: Adam Duritz] They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them No, no, no [Chorus: Adam Duritz] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Post-Chorus: Vanessa Carlton] Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop [Verse 3: Adam Duritz] Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT I don't care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees Please [Chorus: Adam Duritz] Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot [Post-Chorus: Vanessa Carlton] Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop [Musical Interlude] [Bridge: Adam Duritz] Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took my girl away [Chorus: Adam Duritz] Now, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Hey-na-na, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Why not? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Hey, hey, hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot [Post-Chorus: Vanessa Carlton] Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop [Bridge: Adam Duritz, Adam Duritz & Vanessa Carlton] I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it Why you wanna giving it all away Hey, hey, hey Now you wanna give it, I should wanna give it 'Cause you wanna giving it all away No, no I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it Why you wanna give it all away 'Cause you're giving it all, giving it all away Yeah, yeah [Outro: Vanessa Carlton & Adam Duritz] Why do you want me? Why do you want to? 'Cause you're givin' it all away, hey, hey, hey La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la