Big Yellow Taxi Keb' Mo'

Well, it's a paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
With a big hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Now 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

They took all the trees
Put them in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
Dollar and a half just to see 'em

And don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
And they paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me the spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please

Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot