Big Yellow Taxi lyrics

They paved paradise and put up a parkin` 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 got till it`s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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
Don`t it always seem to go
That you don`t know what you got till it`s gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don`t care about spots on my apples,
LEAVE me the birds and the bees
Don`t it always seem to go
That you don`t know what you got till it`s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listen, late last night, heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Don`t it always seem to go
That you don`t know what you got till it`s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Well, don`t it always seem to go
That you don`t know what you got till it`s gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Well now, they paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

I don`t wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Now you wanna givin it all away

Hey, paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot