Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum

And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now

Give me spots on my apples

But leave me the birds and the bees, please

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

Don't it always seem to go

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

Don't it always seem to go

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Late last night, I heard the screen door slam

And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot