Big Yellow Taxi

[Verse 1]

Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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

[Chorus]

Don't it always seem to go

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

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

(Ooo-bop-bop-bop

Ooo-bop-bop-bop)

[Verse 2]

Took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum

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

[Chorus]

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

(Ooo-bop-bop-bop

Ooo-bop-bop-bop

Ooo-bop-bop-bop

Ooo-bop-bop-bop)

[Verse 3]

Hey farmer, farmer, put away the 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 'til it's gone?

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

[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 'til it's gone?

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Don't it always seem to go

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

2-3-4

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Paved paradise, put up a parking lot ah-ah