Big yellow taxi

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go but you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged all the people 25 bucks just to see 'em 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 Hey farmer farmer Put away your D.D.T. now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Dont it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise When you put up a parking lot I said you pave paradise When you put up a parking lot Dont it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone pave paradise When you put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone pave paradise When you put up a parking lot Dont it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They pave paradise put up a parking lot Oh na now then a pave paradise put up a parking lot Hey steam rolled paradise you put a parking lot