They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot
With a pink hotel
A boutique
And a swinging
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
And put up
A parking lot
They took all
The trees and
Put 'em in a
Tree museum
And then they charged
All the people
Twenty-five
Bucks 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
And put up
A parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away
That DDT now
You give me spots
On my apples
But leave me the
Birds and the bees
Please
Don't it always
Seem to go
That you don't
Know what you've got
til its gone
They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot
Don't it always
Seem to go
That you don't
Know what you've got
til its gone
They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot
Late last night
I heard the screen
Door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Come and 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
And 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
And put up a
Parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up
A parking lot