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
till it's gone?
They paved paradise
and put up
a parking lot
They took
all the trees
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
till it's gone?
They paved paradise
And put up
a parking lot
Hey farmer, farmer
Put away that
D.D.T. now
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
till it's gone?
They paved paradise
And 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
till 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
till 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