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 got 'til it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

They took all the trees, and put them 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

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now

Give me spots on my apples

But 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

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

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

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

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

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

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot