Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise, 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've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
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

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've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

I said 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
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

*Lyrics by Joni Mitchell
*Originally recorded by Joni Mitchell

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