Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They paved paradise, 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, put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
[Verse 2]
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
[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
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
[Verse 3]
Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that 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, put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
[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
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
[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
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
[Outro]
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop, bop, bop, bop
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Written by: Joni Mitchell
