Lyric Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
A pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Don t it always go to show
You never know what you got till it s gone ?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.

They took all the trees, they put them in a tree museum
They charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them
Don t it always go to show
You never know what you got till it s gone ?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.

Hey farmer, farmer, put away that d.d.t
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please,
Don t it always go to show
You never know what you got till it s gone ?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.

Late last night i heard my screen door slam
A big yellow buldozer took away the house and land
Don t it always go to show
You never know what you got till it s gone ?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.